esteva

See also: estêva

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *stīpa, from Latin stīpes (“stake”).

Alternative forms

• estêva (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈte.vɐ/, /esˈte.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈte.vɐ/, /esˈte.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈte.vɐ/, /eʃˈte.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈte.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈte.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -evɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧te‧va

Noun

esteva f (plural estevas)

1. rockrose (any of shrub of the genus Cistus), particularly:

   Synonyms: cisto, ládano, xara

   1. Cretan rockrose (Cistus creticus)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stīva.

Alternative forms

• estêva (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈte.vɐ/, /esˈte.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈte.vɐ/, /esˈte.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈte.vɐ/, /eʃˈte.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈte.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈte.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -evɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧te‧va

Noun

esteva f (plural estevas)

1. (agriculture) stilt (handle of a plough)

   Synonym: rabiça

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.vɐ/, /esˈtɛ.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.vɐ/, /esˈtɛ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛ.vɐ/, /eʃˈtɛ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɛ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈtɛ.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛvɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧te‧va

Verb

esteva

1. inflection of estevar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “esteva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “esteva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stiva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteba/ [esˈt̪e.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: es‧te‧va

Noun

esteva f (plural estevas)

1. (agriculture) stilt (handle of a plough)

   Synonym: mancera

Further reading

• “esteva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025