estero
Spanish, noun
estero is spelled E-S-T-E-R-O (6 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “river delta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of esterar. With an accent, esteró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of esterar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desembocadura de un río”.
What does estero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineriver delta
- 2
masculineshallow lake, pond
- 3
masculinelagoon
- 4
masculinebrook
- 5
masculinewater reservoir
- 6
masculinearm of an estuary or river
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of esterar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of esterar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Desembocadura de un río. 2. Cauce seco de un río antiguo. 3. Corriente pequeña de agua. 4. Terreno bajo pantanoso, intransitable, que suele llenarse de agua por la lluvia o por la filtración de un río o laguna cercana, y que abunda en plantas acuáticas.
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de esterar. 2. Temporada en la que se estera.
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 estero
- esteros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to estero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estero in Spanish?
estero appears 5.0 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).