estero

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtero/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: es‧te‧ro

Noun

estero (accusative singular esteron, plural esteroj, accusative plural esterojn)

1. ester

Ido

Noun

estero (plural esteri)

1. ester

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterus, from exter (“of another country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.te.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛstero
• Hyphenation: è‧ste‧ro

Adjective

estero (feminine estera, masculine plural esteri, feminine plural estere)

1. foreign (of another country), overseas

   Synonyms: forestiero, straniero, oltremare

Noun

estero m (plural esteri)

1. foreign countries, understood collectively

Related terms

• esterno
• esterofilia
• esterofobia
• esteromania
• esteroricettore

See also

• esteri (for other meanings)

Further reading

• estero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Oreste, Ortese, sotere, stereo, stereo-, tesero, teserò

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteɾo/ [esˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin aestuārium.

Noun

estero m (plural esteros)

1. river delta

   Synonym: estuario

2. shallow lake, pond
3. lagoon

   Synonym: laguna

4. (Chile) brook

   Synonyms: arroyo, riachuelo

5. (Colombia, Venezuela) water reservoir

   Synonyms: charca, represa

6. (Philippines) arm of an estuary or river

   Synonym: brazo

Etymology 2

Verb

estero

1. first-person singular present indicative of esterar

Further reading

• “estero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 116

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish estero (“arm of an estuary or river”), from Spanish estero (“river delta”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈteɾo/ [ʔɛsˈt̪ɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Noun

estero (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ)

1. estuary; inlet canal of a river

   Synonym: kuwala

See also

• bambang
• kanal
• sapa

Anagrams

• Rosete