superestimar
Portuguese
Etymology
From super- + estimar (“to estimate”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.pe.ɾes.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [su.pe.ɾes.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.pe.ɾes.t͡ʃiˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.pe.ɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [su.pe.ɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈma(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /su.pe.ɾes.t͡ʃiˈma(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.pɨ.ɾɨʃ.tiˈmaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.pɨ.ɾɨʃ.tiˈma.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: su‧pe‧res‧ti‧mar
Verb
superestimar (first-person singular present superestimo, first-person singular preterite superestimei, past participle superestimado)
- (transitive) to overestimate (to judge too highly)
- Synonym: sobrestimar
- Antonym: subestimar
Conjugation
Conjugation of superestimar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “superestimar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “superestimar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026