estancado

adj.

stagnant, bogged-down, deadlocked, in the doldrums.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: estancar.

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estancado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=estancar}}estancar

► adjetivo

1 (agua) stagnant

2 figurado (asunto, negocio) at a standstill; (negociaciones) deadlocked; (persona) stuck, bogged down

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ADJ

1) [agua] stagnant

2) [negociaciones] at a standstill

quedarse estancado — to get into a rut

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-da adjetivo

a) <agua> stagnant

b) (detenido)

las negociaciones están estancadas — negotiations are at a standstill

c) (con un problema) stuck, bogged down

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= stagnant, stagnating, moribund, in (the) doldrums.

Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

Ex. Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.

Ex. Libraries must show that they are not moribund institutions sinking into obsolescence but community catalysts.

Ex. Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.

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* agua estancada = stagnant water.

* quedarse estancado = stagnate.

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-da adjetivo

a) <agua> stagnant

b) (detenido)

las negociaciones están estancadas — negotiations are at a standstill

c) (con un problema) stuck, bogged down

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= stagnant, stagnating, moribund, in (the) doldrums.

Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

Ex: Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.

Ex: Libraries must show that they are not moribund institutions sinking into obsolescence but community catalysts.

Ex: Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.

* agua estancada = stagnant water.

* quedarse estancado = stagnate.

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estancado -da

adjective

1 ‹agua› stagnant

2

(detenido): las negociaciones están estancadas negotiations are at a standstill

3 (con un problema) stuck, bogged down

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Del verbo estancar: (conjugate estancar)

estancado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
estancado    
estancar
estancado

◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹agua› stagnant

b) (detenido):

◊ las negociaciones están estancadas negotiations are at a standstill

c) (con un problema) stuck, bogged down

estancado,-a adjetivo
1 (agua) stagnant
2 (situación) static: la investigación está estancada, the investigation is at a standstill
tu madre se quedó estancada en los años sesenta, your mother is stuck back in the sixties
estancar verbo transitivo
1 (agua) hold back
2 fig (un asunto) to block
(proceso, investigación) to bring to a standstill
'estancado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encharcada
- encharcado
- estancada
English:
stagnant

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estancado, -a adj

1. [agua] stagnant

2. [economía] stagnant;

[situación] at an impasse, in (a) deadlock; [negociación] in (a) deadlock, at a standstill; [proyecto] at a standstill

3. [persona]

me he quedado estancado y no sé cómo seguir I'm stuck and I don't know how to go on;

en este trabajo estoy estancado I'm in a rut in this job

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estancado

adj agua stagnant; fig

at a standstill

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estancado, -da adj

: stagnant