English-Spanish translations for mainstay

• estay mayor
• pilar
  Las materias primas renovables y las energías renovables podrían constituir también los pilares de ese surtido. Renewable raw materials and renewable energy could also form the mainstays of this mix.
  Esta política se ha convertido en un pilar importante del proceso de unificación europeo. It has become an important mainstay of the European unification process.
  Nuestros programas DAPHNE y STOP son los pilares de la reacción de la Comisión. Our programmes DAPHNE and STOP are the mainstay of the Commission's response.

Definition of mainstay

• A chief support
• Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution
• A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast

Examples

• Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy

Related words

• mainstream
• mainstreaming
• mainstage
• Mainstone
• mainstay {mainstay
• mainstream media
• mainstream society
• gender mainstreaming