estima

See also: estimá and estimà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈti.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈti.ma]

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• Rhymes: -ima

Verb

estima

1. inflection of estimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

estima

1. third-person singular past historic of estimer

Anagrams

• semait
• tamise, Tamise, tamisé

Galician

Verb

estima

1. inflection of estimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

estima

1. inflection of estimare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• astemi, mestai, semita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/, /eʃˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈt͡ʃi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈti.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧ti‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from estimar.

Noun

estima f (plural estimas)

1. esteem, or respect
2. affection

Etymology 2

Verb

estima

1. inflection of estimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estima”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “estima”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aistomāō

Old Latin aestumō

Latin aestimōlbor.

Old French estimer

Middle French estimer

French estimerbor.

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Latin aestimōbor.

Romanian estima

Borrowed from French estimer and Latin aestimāre.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /es.tiˈma/

Verb

a estima (third-person singular present estimează, past participle estimat) 1st conjugation

1. to estimate

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Conjugation

    conjugation of estima (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a estima
gerund			estimând
past participle			estimat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	estimez	estimezi	estimează	estimăm	estimați	estimează
	imperfect	estimam	estimai	estima	estimam	estimați	estimau
	simple perfect	estimai	estimași	estimă	estimarăm	estimarăți	estimară
	pluperfect	estimasem	estimaseși	estimase	estimaserăm	estimaserăți	estimaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să estimez	să estimezi	să estimeze	să estimăm	să estimați	să estimeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		estimează			estimați
	negative		nu estima			nu estimați

Related terms

• estimat n
• nestimat

References

• “estima”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtima/ [esˈt̪i.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: es‧ti‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from estimar.

Noun

estima f (plural estimas)

1. esteem, respect
2. dead reckoning

Derived terms

• autoestima

Etymology 2

Verb

estima

1. inflection of estimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estima”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• istima

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estimar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔestiˈma/ [ʔɛs.t̪ɪˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: es‧ti‧ma

Noun

estimá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜋ)

1. esteem; regard

   Synonyms: pagpapahalaga, paggalang

2. act of entertaining or attending to visitors

Derived terms

• estimahin
• ipaestima
• mag-estima
• pag-eestima
• pag-estima
• umestima

Related terms

• estimado
• estimasyon

References

• “estima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.