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)

1. (nautical) stay

Derived terms

• estay mayor

 

Further reading

• “estay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10