estero

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtero/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.te.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛstero
• Hyphenation: è‧ste‧ro

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

Related terms

• esterno
• esterofilia
• esterofobia
• esteromania
• esteroricettore

See also

• esteri (for other meanings)

Further reading

• “estero”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Oreste, Ortese, sotere, stereo, stereo-, tesero, teserò

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteɾo/ [esˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.

Proto-Italic *aissus

Latin aestus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārium

Latin aestuārium

Spanish estero

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 de río

Etymology 2

Verb

estero

1. first-person singular present indicative of esterar

Further reading

• “estero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade–Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español–Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños. [Filipino Pocket Handbook or Spanish–Tagalog Manual of Familiar Conversation. Followed by a Curious Vocabulary of Manileño Idioms.], 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Establecimiento tipografico de Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles. [Typographic establishment of Ramirez and Giraudier, under the management of C. Miralles.], page 116

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.

Proto-Italic *aissus

Latin aestus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārium

Latin aestuārium

Philippine Spanish esterobor.

Tagalog estero

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish estero, from Latin aestuārium, from aestus (“tide”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈteɾo/ [ʔɛsˈt̪ɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: es‧te‧ro

Noun

estero (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ)

1. estuary; inlet canal of a river

   Synonym: kuwala

Related terms

• esterilyo

See also

• bambang
• kanal
• sapa

Anagrams

• Rosete