nestas
Portuguese, contraction/ˈnɛs.tɐs/
nestas is spelled N-E-S-T-A-S (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nestas is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of em + estas, literally “in these (feminine)”: feminine plural of neste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino plural de neste”.
What does nestas mean in English?
contraction
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femininecontraction of em + estas, literally “in these (feminine)”: feminine plural of neste
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. feminino plural de neste
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.
How do you pronounce nestas?
- Brazil /ˈnɛs.tɐs/
- /ˈnɛʃ.tɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nestas in Portuguese?
nestas appears 16 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).