estay

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French estay, from Frankish *staka (“stake, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈtai/ [esˈt̪ai̯]
Rhymes: -ai
Syllabification: es‧tay

Noun

estay m (plural estayes or estáis)

(nautical) stay

Derived terms

estay mayor

Further reading

“estay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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