esta
Spanish, pronoun
esta is spelled E-S-T-A (4 letters) and appears 2,291 times per million words in written Spanish, the 35th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esta is a Spanish feminine pronoun meaning “alternative spelling of ésta (“this one”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of este. With an accent, está is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, ésta is a different word: “feminine singular of éste”.
What does esta mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of ésta (“this one”)
determiner
- 1
femininefeminine singular of este
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
- 3
second-person singular voseo imperative
pronoun
- 1
femininefeminine singular of éste
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
unknown: 1. Grafía alternativa de esta, femenino de este₂ (pronombre o adjetivo para indicar algo o a alguien que está cerca de quien habla).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esta
- etá alternative informal
- stá alternative informal
- ta alternative informal
- tá alternative informal
- este error-unrecognized-form masculine proximal
- ese error-unrecognized-form masculine medial
- aquel distal error-unrecognized-form masculine
- esa error-unrecognized-form feminine medial
- aquella distal error-unrecognized-form feminine
- estos error-unrecognized-form masculine plural
- esos error-unrecognized-form masculine medial
- aquellos distal error-unrecognized-form masculine
- estas error-unrecognized-form feminine plural
- esas error-unrecognized-form feminine medial
- aquellas distal error-unrecognized-form feminine
- éste masculine proximal singular
- ése masculine medial singular
- aquél distal masculine singular
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esta in Spanish?
esta appears 2,291 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).