estatua
/esˈtatwa/ · B1 · noun · f
statue
🗽 e + statua: Spanish adds e- before st-, as in estación = station
From Latin statua, from stare, to stand: a statue is a figure set standing. Spanish words cannot start with s + consonant, so an e- goes in front: estatua, estudiante, estrella. It ends in -a and is feminine: la estatua.