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Esta
Esta
Faroese
Proper noun
Esta f
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Esta: Estuson
- daughter of Esta: Estudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Esta |
Accusative | Estu |
Dative | Estu |
Genitive | Estu |
esta
esta
Fala
Pronoun
esta
- 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:
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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 […]
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En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]
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Galician
Determiner
esta f (masculine singular este, masculine plural estos, feminine plural estas)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈesta/
Verb
·esta
- second-person singular past subjunctive of ithid
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Old Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛs̺.ta/
Pronoun
esta
- feminine singular of este
- 13th century, attributed to 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.
- Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese esta, from Latin ista.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
esta
- feminine singular of este
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:esta.
See also
Portuguese demonstratives (edit) | |||||||
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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 |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ista, feminine of iste.
Pronunciation
Adjective
esta
- feminine of este
Pronoun
esta
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 | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masc. | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
fem. | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal2 | usted | le | lo/la3 | usted | |||
plural | familiar4 | masc. | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
fem. | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general2 | ustedes | les | los/las3 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masc. | él | le | lo | él | |
fem. | ella | la | ella | ||||
neut. | ello5 | lo/la3 | ello | ||||
plural | masc. | ellos | les | los | ellos | ||
fem. | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
sing. & pl. | reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- 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.
- 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")