estancarse

pron.v.

to come to a standstill.

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estancarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (líquido) to stagnate, become stagnant

2 figurado to stagnate, get bogged down (negociaciones) to be deadlocked, make no headway

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VPR

1) [agua] to stagnate, become stagnant

2) [economía, industria, persona] to stagnate

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= stall, run into + the sand(s), become + stagnant, plateau.

Ex. In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.

Ex. The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.

Ex. Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

Ex. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued.

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= stall, run into + the sand(s), become + stagnant, plateau.

Ex: In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.

Ex: The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.

Ex: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

Ex: If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued.

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estancarse (conjugate estancarse) verbo pronominal

a) [agua] to become stagnant, to stagnate

b) [negociación/proceso] to come to a halt o standstill

c) (con un problema) to get bogged down o stuck

■estancarse verbo reflexivo
1 (detenerse el agua) to stagnate: en este lugar el agua se estanca y produce fuertes olores, the water here is stagnating and giving off a strong odour
2 (detenerse un asunto o proceso) to come to a standstill: espero que no nos quedemos estancados por trabas burocráticas, I hope that we don't come to a standstill because of bureaucratic red tape
'estancarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estacionarse
English:
bog down
- rut
- stagnate
- stall

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vpr

1. [aguas] to stagnate, to become stagnant

2. [economía] to stagnate;

[progreso, negocio, proyecto] to come to a standstill; [negociaciones] to reach deadlock, to come to a standstill

3. [persona] to get stuck;

con ese problema nos estancamos we've got stuck o we're not getting anywhere with this problem

4. Com to be converted into a monopoly

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estancarse

v/r stagnate; fig

come to a standstill

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vr

1) : to stagnate

2) : to be brought to a standstill, to be deadlocked