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estero

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈtero/
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Noun

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estero (accusative singular esteron, plural esteroj, accusative plural esterojn)

  1. ester

Ido

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Noun

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estero (plural esteri)

  1. ester

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exterus, from exter (“of another country”).

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Adjective

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estero (feminine estera, masculine plural esteri, feminine plural estere)

  1. foreign (of another country), overseas
    Synonyms: forestiero, straniero, oltremare

Noun

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estero m (plural esteri)

  1. foreign countries, understood collectively
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See also

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Further reading

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  • “estero”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈteɾo/ [esˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Latin aestuārium.

    Noun

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    estero m (plural esteros)

    1. river delta
      Synonym: estuario
    2. shallow lake, pond
    3. lagoon
      Synonym: laguna
    4. (Chile) brook
      Synonyms: arroyo, riachuelo
    5. (Colombia, Venezuela) water reservoir
      Synonyms: charca, represa
    6. (Philippines) arm of an estuary or river
      Synonym: brazo de río

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    Verb

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    estero

    1. first-person singular present indicative of esterar

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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Philippine Spanish estero, from Latin aestuārium, from aestus (“tide”) + -ārium (“place for”).

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      estero (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ)

      1. estuary; inlet canal of a river
        Synonym: kuwala
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