estimado
Portuguese, adjective/is.t͡ʃiˈma.du/
estimado is spelled E-S-T-I-M-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estimado is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apreciado”.
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, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. apreciado 2. querido 3. aproximado
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 estimado
- estimada feminine
- estimados masculine plural
- estimadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estimado?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃiˈma.du/
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃiˈma.du/
- /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈma.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estimado in Portuguese?
estimado appears 10 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).