estaca
Portuguese, noun/isˈta.kɐ/
estaca is spelled E-S-T-A-C-A (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stake (pointed piece of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of estacar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pau aguçado que se crava na terra para diferentes usos”.
What does estaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestake (pointed piece of wood)
- 2
femininecutting (piece of a branch removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pau aguçado que se crava na terra para diferentes usos 2. tutor de uma planta 3. ramo que se mete na terra para criar raízes 4. tanchão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estaca
- estacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estaca?
- Brazil /isˈta.kɐ/
- Brazil /esˈta.kɐ/
- /iʃˈta.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estaca in Portuguese?
estaca appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).