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auto-estima

Portuguese, noun

auto-estima is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of autoestima; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “valorização de si mesmo”.

What does auto-estima mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of autoestima; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. valorização de si mesmo

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of auto-estima

  • auto-estimas plural
  • au.to-es.ti.ma canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).