estima
Spanish, noun
estima is spelled E-S-T-I-M-A (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,406th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estima is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “esteem, respect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of estimar. With an accent, estimá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of estimar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Buena opinión y afecto que se le da a alguien o a algo”.
What does estima mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineesteem, respect
- 2
femininedead reckoning
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of estimar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Buena opinión y afecto que se le da a alguien o a algo. 2. Cálculo aproximado de la posición de la nave y de la dirección y distancia que debe recorrer.
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 estima
- estimas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to estima
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estima in Spanish?
estima appears 18 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).