Los enemigos no vieron que detrás de la estacada había unos hombres armados.The enemies could not see that there were some armed men behind the palisade.

c. fence

La estacada estaba hecha con troncos de árbol muy sólidos.The fence was made with very solid tree trunks.

estacada

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

dejar a alguien en la estacadato leave somebody in the lurch

quedarse en la estacadato be left in the lurch

estacada

1 (cerca) fence; fencing; (Mil) stockade; palisade; (Latinoamérica) (malecón) dike

dejar a algn en la estacada to leave sb in the lurch

estar o quedar en la estacada (estar en apuros) to be in a jam o fix; be left in the lurch; (fracasar) to fail disastrously; be a total disaster (familiar)

2 (Latinoamérica) (herida) wound

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