estimar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimāre, present active infinitive of aestimō. Confer also Old Catalan aesmar, from a Vulgar Latin *adaestimāre (see also the modern Catalan derivative esme).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əs.tiˈma/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.tiˈmaɾ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

estimar (first-person singular present estimo, past participle estimat)

  1. to love
    T'estimo.I love you.
    Synonym: amar
  2. to esteem
  3. to estimate

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Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese estimar (13th century); borrowed from Latin aestimāre, present active infinitive of aestimō. Doublet of esmar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [es.ti.ˈmaɾ]

Verb

estimar (first-person singular present estimo, first-person singular preterite estimei, past participle estimado)

  1. to estimate, appraise
    • 1347, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de S. Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijoo", page 192:
      se veer grando ou geada que seia estimado por dous lavradores da dita villa et por hun frade do dito mosteiro
      in case of hail or frost [the damage] must be appraised by two farmers of said town and a friar of said monastery
  2. to esteem; to thank, to be grateful for

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References

  • estimar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • estim” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • estimar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • estimar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • estimar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimāre. Cf. also the form esmar.

Verb

estimar (first-person singular present estimo, first-person singular preterite estimei, past participle estimado)

  1. to estimate
  2. to assess, evaluate, appraise
  3. to esteem

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimāre, present active infinitive of aestimō[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /estiˈmaɾ/ [es.t̪iˈmaɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧ti‧mar

Verb

estimar (first-person singular present estimo, first-person singular preterite estimé, past participle estimado)

  1. to esteem
  2. to estimate
  3. to think, to believe

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

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