estase
Portuguese, noun/isˈta.zi/
estase is spelled E-S-T-A-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stasis (slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estagnação do sangue ou da linfa”.
What does estase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestasis (slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid)
- 2
femininestasis (inactivity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estagnação do sangue ou da linfa 2. incapacidade de agir, impotência
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 estase
- estases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estase?
- Brazil /isˈta.zi/
- Brazil /esˈta.zi/
- /iʃˈta.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estase in Portuguese?
estase appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).