estaca
Spanish, noun
estaca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stake (pointed piece of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of estacar. With an accent, estacá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of estacar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palo fuerte afilado por un extremo, para facilitar su clavado”.
What does estaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestake (pointed piece of wood)
- 2
femininetent peg
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of estacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palo fuerte afilado por un extremo, para facilitar su clavado. 2. Clavo de hierro, de largo inferior al medio metro y no menor que el tercio, usado para la sujeción de maderos y vigas. 3. Varilla metálica con forma de ele que se clava en el suelo y se engancha a la carpa para asegurarla. 4. Rama verde de árbol o arbusto que se planta sin raíces para que a partir de ella se forme una planta nueva.
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 estaca
- estacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to estaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estaca in Spanish?
estaca appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).