estero

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtero/
  • Hyphenation: es‧te‧ro

Noun

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

  1. ester

Ido

Noun

estero (plural esteri)

  1. ester

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Noun

estero m (plural esteri)

  1. foreign countries, understood collectively

See also

Further reading

  • estero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈteɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin aestuārium.

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Verb

estero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of esterar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estero (river delta).

Pronunciation

Noun

estero (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. estuary; inlet canal of a river

See also

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