# estaca
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əsˈta.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [esˈta.ka]
* Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca

### Etymology 1

Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

#### Noun

estaca f (plural estaques)
* stake (pointed piece of wood)
* cutting, slip (rooted section of a plant)
    Synonym: esqueix

##### Derived terms

* estacar
* estaqueta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

estaca
* inflection of estacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “estaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from unattested Medieval Latin *stacca, probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Cognate with Portuguese estaca, Spanish estaca, Catalan estaca, Occitan estaca, Old French estaque and English stake.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈtaka̝/
* Hyphenation: es‧ta‧ca

### Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)
* stake (pointed piece of wood)
** 1315, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 34:herdade do Amenal, conmo jaz entre estacas et regosproperty of the Alderwood, in the way that it is limited in between stakes and ditches
** 1432, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:
    que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela
       nobody should dare to moor any ship to the bridge of this town, not to insert stakes in it
* (agriculture) beanpole
* (agriculture) cutting
* (architecture) pile

#### Derived terms

* estacada
* Estacada
* estacar
* Estacas
* estacón
* estaqueado

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “estaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estaca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estaca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “estaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈta.kɐ/, /esˈta.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈta.kɐ/, /esˈta.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈta.kɐ/, /eʃˈta.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈta.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈta.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ
* Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese estaca, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from *(s)teg-.
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and Occitan estaca, Old French estaque and English stake.

#### Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)
* stake (pointed piece of wood)
* (agriculture) cutting (piece of a branch removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant)

##### Derived terms

* estacar
* estaquia

##### Related terms

* staccato

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

estaca
* inflection of estacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈtaka/ [esˈt̪a.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: es‧ta‧ca

### Etymology 1

Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

#### Noun

estaca f (plural estacas)
* stake (pointed piece of wood)
* tent peg
    Synonym: piqueta

##### Derived terms

* estacar
* estacazo
* estacón
* pájaro estaca

##### Descendants

* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: estöcacuabi̱tl

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

estaca
* inflection of estacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “estaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10