esteio

See also: Esteio

Galician

Verb

esteio

(reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of estear

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esteo, either:

borrowed from Old French estai, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stagą (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
inherited from Latin stilus. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) In this case, it is a doublet of estilo and style.

Cognate with Galician esteo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtej.u/ [isˈteɪ̯.u], /esˈtej.u/ [esˈteɪ̯.u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtej.u/ [iʃˈteɪ̯.u], /eʃˈtej.u/ [eʃˈteɪ̯.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtej.o/ [esˈteɪ̯.o]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɐj.u/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtej.u/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtej.u/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈte.u/

Hyphenation: es‧tei‧o

Noun

esteio m (plural esteios)

Further reading

“esteio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“esteio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026