subestimar
Portuguese, verb/su.bes.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/
subestimar is spelled S-U-B-E-S-T-I-M-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subestimar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to underestimate (to perceive as having lower value or capabilities)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does subestimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to underestimate (to perceive as having lower value or capabilities)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of subestimar
- subestimo first-person present singular
- subestimei first-person preterite singular
- subestimado participle past
- subestimares infinitive second-person singular
- subestimarmos first-person infinitive plural
- subestimardes infinitive plural second-person
- subestimarem infinitive plural third-person
- subestimando gerund
- subestimados masculine participle past
- subestimada feminine participle past
- subestimadas feminine participle past
- subestimas indicative present second-person
- subestima indicative present singular
- subestimamos first-person indicative plural
- subestimais indicative plural present
- subestimam indicative plural present
- subestimava first-person imperfect indicative
- subestimavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subestimar?
- Brazil /su.bes.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.bes.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]
- /su.bes.t͡ʃiˈma(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subestimar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subestimar in Portuguese?
subestimar appears 1.1 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).