estimar
Portuguese, verb/is.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/
estimar is spelled E-S-T-I-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estimar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to estimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter afeição a”.
What does estimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to estimate
- 2
to assess, evaluate, appraise
- 3
to esteem
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter afeição a 2. ter estima 3. apreciar 4. avaliar
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 estimar
- estimo first-person present singular
- estimei first-person preterite singular
- estimado participle past
- estimares infinitive second-person singular
- estimarmos first-person infinitive plural
- estimardes infinitive plural second-person
- estimarem infinitive plural third-person
- estimando gerund
- estimados masculine participle past
- estimada feminine participle past
- estimadas feminine participle past
- estimas indicative present second-person
- estima indicative present singular
- estimamos first-person indicative plural
- estimais indicative plural present
- estimam indicative plural present
- estimava first-person imperfect indicative
- estimavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estimar?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estimar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estimar in Portuguese?
estimar appears 1.6 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).