estai

Noun

1. (masculine) stay (a strong rope or wire supporting a mast)
2. (masculine) stay (a rope or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge)

Verb

second-person plural imperative of estar

estar

1. (intransitive) to be (indicates location in space)
2. (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change)
3. (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect
4. (copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being)
5. (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often
6. to stand
7. (Brazil, intransitive) to possess, have, or have in possession

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈtaj/

Etymology

Cognate with French: étai

In summary

From Old French estai (Modern French étai), from Old English stæġ (“rope, stay”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą.

Concepts

stay

guy

baby-stay

Synonyms

tirante

Translations

Abspannseil

Halteseil

Stag

Wanten

hauban

stag

sztag