estancar
Meaning
- to detain, staunch, or hold back the flow of water
- to stall, suspend, or stop a project or business plan
- to prohibit the free movement of merchandise
- (reflexive) to stagnate
Translations
estancar
étancher
stagnieren
stamató
costruire una diga
stelpenHyphenated as
es‧tan‧car
Etymology
In summary
From Latin stagnum, cognate with Old French estanchier and thereby English stanch. Alternatively from vulgar latin *extancāre, and this from Celtic *ektankō 'to fix, fasten'; cf. tancar.
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