estimado

Galician

Participle

estimado (feminine estimada, masculine plural estimados, feminine plural estimadas)

1. past participle of estimar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈma.du/, /es.t͡ʃiˈma.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈma.du/, /es.t͡ʃiˈma.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈma.du/, /eʃ.t͡ʃiˈma.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.t͡ʃiˈma.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiˈma.du/ [(i)ʃ.tiˈma.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: es‧ti‧ma‧do

Adjective

estimado (feminine estimada, masculine plural estimados, feminine plural estimadas)

1. dear (formal way of addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter)

   Synonym: prezado

Participle

estimado (feminine estimada, masculine plural estimados, feminine plural estimadas)

1. past participle of estimar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aestimātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estiˈmado/ [es.t̪iˈma.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: es‧ti‧ma‧do

Adjective

estimado (feminine estimada, masculine plural estimados, feminine plural estimadas)

1. dear (formal way of addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter)

Participle

estimado (feminine estimada, masculine plural estimados, feminine plural estimadas)

1. past participle of estimar

Further reading

• “estimado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014