destas
Portuguese, contraction/ˈdɛs.tɐs/
destas is spelled D-E-S-T-A-S (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,967th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destas is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of de + estas, literally “of/from these (feminine)”: feminine plural of deste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “plural de desta”.
What does destas mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of de + estas, literally “of/from these (feminine)”: feminine plural of deste
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. plural de desta
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 destas
- d'estas alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destas?
- Brazil /ˈdɛs.tɐs/
- /ˈdɛʃ.tɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈdɛʃ.tɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is destas in Portuguese?
destas appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).