# esta
## Aragonese
### Determiner

esta
* feminine singular of este

## Asturian
### Adjective

esta
* feminine singular of esti

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈes.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈes.ta]

### Determiner

esta
* feminine singular of este

### Pronoun

esta
* feminine singular of este

## Fala
### Determiner

esta f sg
* feminine singular of esti

### Pronoun

esta f sg
* 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: /ˈɛstɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛstɐ, -ɛsta
* Hyphenation: es‧ta

### Determiner

esta f (masculine singular este, masculine plural estes, feminine plural estas)
* 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

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “esta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.sta/
* Rhymes: -esta
* Hyphenation: é‧sta

### Determiner

esta
* feminine singular of esto

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Spanish esta.

#### Determiner

esta (Hebrew spelling איסטה)
* feminine singular of este
** 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎, volumes 26–28, page 36:Onde vemos ke en esta parasha de "Bo" dize el pasuk: "i sera kuando dirian a vozotros guestros ijos: ke es isto?".Where we see that in this parashah of Bo, the verse says: ‘and when shall it be that your children would say to you: what is this?’

#### Pronoun

esta (Hebrew spelling איסטה)
* feminine singular of este
** 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, page 126:"Sí, esta es una biskikleta rovada", le dize el pulís, "i tú sos el ladrón!" "Yo? Ladrón?!" se metió a gritar Aharon, "Esta bisikleta yo la trushi de Italia ayer. Na, está sovre mi pasaporto!" "Ayde, no kontes patranya i ven pishín kon mi!" le disho el pulís, tomándole le bisikleta de la mano i aferrándolo del braso. I se lo yevó a la prezión.‘Yes, this is a stolen bicycle,’ the officer said. ‘And you are the thief!’ ‘Me? [A] thief‽’ Aharon began to shout, ‘I brought this bicycle from Italy yesterday. For goodness’ sake, it’s on my passport!’ ‘Let’s go, stop talking nonsense and come with me, immediately!’ the officer told him, seizing the bicycle in [one] hand from him and holding him by the arm. [Then] he arrived at prison.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

esta
* third-person singular present indicative of estar
* second-person singular imperative of estar

### References

* 1 2 “esta”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Mirandese
### Pronoun

esta
* feminine singular of este

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːs.tɑ/

### Noun

ēsta
* genitive/nominative/accusative plural of ēst

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛs̺.ta/

### Pronoun

esta
* feminine singular of este
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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: /ˈesta/

### Verb

·esta
* second-person singular past subjunctive of ithid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Spanish
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese esta.

#### Determiner

esta
* feminine singular of este
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:[…] Quiçab. ha .L. iuſtos en eſta uilla e pues matar los as. E non parçiras allogar por los .L. iuſtos. Por fer eſta coſa uedado ſea ati. de matar el iuſto por el peccador. Nõ ſe juez en toda la tierra q̃ fẏzies eſte iudizio.“ […] Perhaps there are fifty righteous in this city and thus you would kill them. Will you not spare the place for the fifty righteous? To do such a thing is far from you; to kill the righteous because of the sinner. I know not of a judge on earth who would make such a judgment”.
** Idem, f. 14v.
    embio pharaon amoẏſen ⁊ aaron. E dixo les peq̃ eſta uez el criador es iuſto. ⁊ ẏo e mio pueblo ſomos peccadores. […]Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, “This time I have sinned against you, and the Creator is just, and my people and I are sinners. […] ”

#### Pronoun

esta
* feminine singular of este
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 23v:Eſta es piedra muy preciada ⁊ muy noble. ⁊ fallan la de muchas colores. ca dellas ay amariellas claras. ⁊ otras pardas.This is a very prized and noble stone. It can be found in many colors, for some are yellow, some are pale and some are dun.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

esta
* third-person singular present indicative of estar
* second-person singular imperative of estar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esta, from Latin istam.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛs.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛs.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɛʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛs.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: es‧ta
* Audio (São Paulo):(file)

### Determiner

esta
* feminine singular of este

### Pronoun

esta
* feminine singular of este

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esta.

#### See also
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ista, feminine of iste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈesta/ [ˈes.t̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -esta
* Syllabification: es‧ta
* (Puerto Rico) IPA: /ˈeta/

### Determiner

esta f sg
* feminine singular of este

### Pronoun

esta f sg
* (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

| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
* 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.
* Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
* 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)
* Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
* Used primarily in Spain
* Used only in rare circumstances