estanco

estanco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estancar

Back-formation from estancar.

• IPA^(key): [esˈtaŋkʊ]

estanco m (plural estancos)

1. a business where tobacco is sold
2. (historical, taxation) monopoly or prohibition of free market by a town or a lord, and tax paid for allowing a business against this prohibition
   • 1443, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 134:

     por rasón que o arçebispo et cabíidoo et conçello da iglesia et çidade de Santiago, en gran deseruiço de Deus et del Rey, noso señor, et desta çibdade et o señor obispo et cabíidoo e conçello e da república da terra feseran milipodio et estanco enos viños desta dita çidade et coutos

     because the archbishop and chapter and council of the church and city of Santiago (in great disservice of God and King, our lord, and of this city and our lord the bishop and the chapter and council of the republic of this land) made monopoly and estanco on the wines of this city and places

3. pool, pond
   • 1499, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 739:

     faredes hun estanco adonde esta a puça e, el feito, darnos edes en cada vn anno huna duzia d'escoalos

     you'll make a press / pond where the river pool is and, it done, you'll give us a dozen chubs each year

estanco (feminine estanca, masculine plural estancos, feminine plural estancas)

1. foul, stagnated
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 252:

     et bebia de quaes agoas podia aver aas vezes de rrio, aas vezes de lagõas estancas et limosas

     and they drink the water they can find, sometimes from a river, other from ponds that were stagnated and muddy

2. watertight
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 22:

     a dita vosa pinaça ben estanqua de agoa de costado e ben aparellada de boo masto et verga et treu et de ancoras et de caabres et de todos los outros aparellos que lle fezeren mester

     the aforementioned pinnace of yours, watertight on the sides and well prepared with a good mast and yard and sails and anchors and ropes and all of the rigging she could need

   Antonym: permeábel

• “estanq” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “estanc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “estanco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estanco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estanco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

estanco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estancar

• Hyphenation: es‧tan‧co

estanco (feminine estanca, masculine plural estancos, feminine plural estancas)

1. emptied, unladen

estanco m (plural estancos)

1. a business where tobacco is sold

   Synonyms: tabacaria, estanque

2. monopoly given by the State

   Synonym: estanque

estanco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estancar

• IPA^(key): /esˈtanko/ [esˈt̪ãŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -anko
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧co

Deverbal from estancar.

estanco (feminine estanca, masculine plural estancos, feminine plural estancas)

1. closed, sealed, watertight, airtight

estanco m (plural estancos)

1. prohibition over free sale
2. (Spain) shop or commercial outlet where controlled items, especially cigarettes, are sold

   Synonym: tabaquería

3. (by extension) tobacconist

estanco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estancar

• “estanco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014