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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014