estiar
Portuguese, verb/is.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
estiar is spelled E-S-T-I-A-R (6 letters). Estiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stop raining; to be dry; to be there a drought” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deitar, dormir, descansar depois de uma refeição”.
What does estiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stop raining; to be dry; to be there a drought
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deitar, dormir, descansar depois de uma refeição 2. parar de chover 3. estender o cereal ceifado na eira para ser debulhado
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 estiar
- estia present singular third-person
- estiou preterite singular third-person
- estiado participle past
- estiando gerund
- estiava imperfect indicative singular
- estiara indicative pluperfect singular
- estiará future indicative singular
- estiaria conditional singular third-person
- estie present singular subjunctive
- estio singular first-person indicative
- estias singular second-person indicative
- estiamos plural first-person indicative
- estiais plural second-person indicative
- estiam plural third-person indicative
- estiavas singular second-person indicative
- estiávamos plural first-person indicative
- estiáveis plural second-person indicative
- estiavam plural third-person indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estiar?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.t͡ʃiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /isˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.