Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin aestimātiōnem. By surface analysis, estimar + -ção.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Hyphenation: es‧ti‧ma‧ção
estimação f (plural estimações)
- estimation (all senses)
Further reading[edit]