esta

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛstɐ/

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

• “esta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “esta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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 Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs̺.ta/

Pronoun

esta

1. feminine singular of este
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesta/

Verb

·esta

1. second-person singular past subjunctive of ithid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·esta	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 ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧ta

• Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)

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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
	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

• IPA^(key): /ˈesta/ [ˈes.t̪a]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: es‧ta

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