# estima vs estimar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### estima
*noun · IPA /iʃ.ˈti.mɐ/ · frequency rank #3,260*
afeição que sentimos

### estimar
*verb · IPA /iʃ.ti.ˈmaɾ/ · frequency rank #25,300*
ter afeição a

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/estima-vs-estimar