esteva
Portuguese, noun
esteva is spelled E-S-T-E-V-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esteva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rockrose (any of shrub of the genus Cistus), particularly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of estevar. With an accent, estêva is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de planta com flores da família Cistaceae (Cistus ladanifer)”.
What does esteva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerockrose (any of shrub of the genus Cistus), particularly
- 2
feminineCretan rockrose (Cistus creticus)
noun
- 1
femininestilt (handle of a plough)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of esteva
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of esteva
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de planta com flores da família Cistaceae (Cistus ladanifer)
noun: 1. rabiça do arado
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 esteva
- estevas plural
- estêva alternative
- estêvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esteva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esteva in Portuguese?
esteva appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).