esteva

See also: estêva

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *stīpa, from Latin stīpes (“stake”).

Alternative forms

estêva (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈte.vɐ/, /esˈte.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈte.vɐ/, /eʃˈte.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈte.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈte.βɐ]

Rhymes: -evɐ
Hyphenation: es‧te‧va

Noun

esteva f (plural estevas)

Cretan rockrose (Cistus creticus), a shrub that yields labdanum

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stīva.

Alternative forms

estêva (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈte.vɐ/, /esˈte.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈte.vɐ/, /eʃˈte.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈte.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈte.βɐ]

Rhymes: -evɐ
Hyphenation: es‧te‧va

Noun

esteva f (plural estevas)

(agriculture) stilt (handle of a plough)
Synonym: rabiça

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.vɐ/, /esˈtɛ.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛ.vɐ/, /eʃˈtɛ.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɛ.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈtɛ.βɐ]

Rhymes: -ɛvɐ
Hyphenation: es‧te‧va

Verb

esteva

inflection of estevar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stiva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈteba/ [esˈt̪e.β̞a]
Rhymes: -eba
Syllabification: es‧te‧va

Noun

esteva f (plural estevas)

(agriculture) stilt (handle of a plough)
Synonym: mancera

Further reading

“esteva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024