Meanings (ES + gloss)
estaca
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.
A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.
We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
hoguera
The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who [...] were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes wer…
Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.
implicación • interés • inversión • participación
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
The French Government is Eurostar's majority shareholder, with the country's state-owned railway SNCF holding a 55% stake, while Belgian state operator SNCB has a 5% stake.
The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
estaca
A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estacar • machetear
To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
to stake vines or plants
estacar
To pierce or wound with a stake.
You see, I'd made a bargain with him to buy the horse for a hundred and twenty—a swinging price, but I always liked the horse. And what does he do but go and stake him—fly at a hed…
“You ladies happen to notice what happened to this vampire? This just happened. Did you see who staked him?”
poner en juego
To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.