stake

(Inglés)

Noun

1. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
2. A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
3. A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
4. (with-definite-article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
5. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
6. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
7. A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
8. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
2. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
3. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
4. (transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
5. To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/steɪk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: stake

Heredado de inglés antiguo: staca

Cognado con escocés: stak

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Stak

Cognado con frisón occidental: staak

Cognado con neerlandés: staak

Cognado con bajo alemán: Stake

Cognado con noruego: stake

In summary

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”).
Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca.

Conceptos

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poste

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interés

jalón

hoguera

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postura

provecho

ventaja

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atrever

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envite

osar

rodrigón

palo plantado

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apuntar

atreverse

bastón

clavo

encajar

garrocha

hito

horadar

importancia

invertir

montante

parada

🛑

perforar

pinchar

piquete

Sinónimos

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interest

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venture

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risk

stick

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shaft

staff

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spar

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standard

prop

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jeopardize

impale

handle

game

back

🔙

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band

dice

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ante

piles

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column

palisade

nail

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belay

investment

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Traducciones

pieu

Pfahl

paal

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poteau

palo

enjeu

pal

staak

estaca

mise

Einsatz

stanga

Pflock