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"to estimate" in seven languages

Meaningto estimate

Spanish

estimar

/estiˈmaɾ/

learned

Calcular is common for rough figures.

French

estimer

/ɛstime/

learned

Italian

stimare

/stiˈmare/

learned

Portuguese

estimar

/estʃiˈmah/

learned

Romanian

estima

/estiˈma/

learned

Catalan

estimar

/əstiˈma/

learned

Catalan estimar is also 'to love': t'estimo 'I love you'.

English

estimate

/ˈɛstɪmeɪt/

from Latin/French · Latin aestimātus

English → Italianto estimatestimareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

AESTIMĀRE‘to put a value on’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

AESTIMĀRE was 'to put a value on', so the same verb also means 'to esteem' in all three sisters: estimar a alguien, estimer quelqu'un, stimare qualcuno.

English relatives: esteem, estimation

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In a sentence

  • esEstimaron los daños en un millón de euros.
  • frIls ont estimé les dégâts à un million d'euros.
  • itHanno stimato i danni in un milione di euro.
  • ptEstimaram os danos em um milhão de euros.
  • roAu estimat pagubele la un milion de euro.
  • caVan estimar els danys en un milió d'euros.
  • enThey estimated the damage at a million euros.

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