Skip to content

estante

shelf

noun es-TAHN-teh Rare

Also means

bookshelf

Usage Note

Estante is a single shelf or a freestanding shelving unit. A bookcase with multiple shelves is typically called estantería. Not to be confused with estante as an archaic adjective meaning 'stationary'; in modern usage only the noun sense survives in everyday speech.

Examples

"Pon los libros en el estante."

Natural Translation

Put the books on the shelf.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic