esta

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See also: Esta, ESTA, está, està, estä, ésta, ēsta, and ēstā

Aragonese

Determiner

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Asturian

Adjective

esta

  1. feminine singular of esti

Catalan

Pronunciation

Determiner

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Pronoun

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Fala

Determiner

esta f sg

  1. feminine singular of esti

Pronoun

esta f sg

  1. feminine singular of esti
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]
      In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory

Galician

Pronunciation

Determiner

esta f (masculine singular este, masculine plural estes, feminine plural estas)

  1. this
    Esta semana non podo ir. Este vai ser un ano moi duro.
    I can't go this week. This is going to be a very tough year.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.sta/
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Hyphenation: é‧sta

Determiner

esta

  1. feminine singular of esto

Mirandese

Pronoun

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

ēsta

  1. genitive/nominative/accusative plural of ēst

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·esta

  1. second-person singular past subjunctive of ithid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·esta
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged ·n-esta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esta, from Latin istam.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
  • Hyphenation: es‧ta
  • Audio (São Paulo):(file)

Determiner

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Pronoun

esta

  1. feminine singular of este

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esta.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá, acolá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ista, feminine of iste.

Pronunciation

Determiner

esta f sg

  1. feminine singular of este

Pronoun

esta f sg

  1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta (“this one”)

Usage notes

The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

See also

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances
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