estêva

See also: esteva

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

estêva f (plural estêvas)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of esteva

Etymology 2

Noun

estêva f (plural estêvas)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of esteva

Usage notes

This word was spelled esteva as of the Brazilian Orthographic Vocabulary published in 1933, which based itself on the European version from 1912; the spelling estêva was prescribed in the Brazilian Vocabulary published 1943.