# estimar vs estrear

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### estrear
*verb · IPA /iʃ.ˈtɾjaɾ/ · frequency rank #13,291*
empregar, usar pela primeira vez

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