estancar
Spanish, verb/estanˈkaɾ/
estancar is spelled E-S-T-A-N-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estancar is a Spanish verb meaning “to detain, staunch, or hold back the flow of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Detener o impedir el curso de un líquido”.
What does estancar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detain, staunch, or hold back the flow of water
- 2
to stall, suspend, or stop a project or business plan
- 3
to prohibit the free movement of merchandise
- 4
to stagnate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Detener o impedir el curso de un líquido. 2. Parar, suspender o interrumpir la marcha de un proceso. 3. Impedir o evitar la venta libre de alguna mercancía o materia prima por establecerse el monopolio de esta. 4. Impedir que algún objeto o asunto en particular se actualice, hacer que permanezca en un mismo estado a pesar del paso del tiempo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estancar
- estanco first-person present singular
- estanqué first-person preterite singular
- estancado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- estancando gerund
- estancada feminine participle past
- estancados masculine participle past
- estancadas feminine participle past
- estancas indicative informal present
- estancás indicative informal present
- estanca indicative present singular
- estancamos first-person indicative plural
- estancáis indicative plural present
- estancan indicative plural present
- estancaba first-person imperfect indicative
- estancabas imperfect indicative second-person
- estancábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- estancabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estancar?
- /estanˈkaɾ/
- [es.t̪ãŋˈkaɾ]
- [est̪ãŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estancar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estancar in Spanish?
estancar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).