estimado
Spanish, adjective/estiˈmado/
estimado is spelled E-S-T-I-M-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,981st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estimado is a Spanish adjective meaning “dear (formal way of addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of estimar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Destinatario de la estima de otra persona”.
What does estimado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dear (formal way of addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter)
verb
- 1
past participle of estimar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Destinatario de la estima de otra persona.
verb: 1. Participio de estimar.
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 estimado
- estimada feminine
- estimados masculine plural
- estimadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estimado?
- /estiˈmado/
- [es.t̪iˈma.ð̞o]
- [est̪iˈmað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estimado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estimado in Spanish?
estimado appears 15 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).