Translation
to esteem, to respect
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Examples
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I hold your father in high regard.
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He is respected by everyone.
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We respect her for her honest work.
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Dear sir, I am writing to you about an important matter.
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You cannot respect a person who always lies.
Learn the participle before the verb: is the standard opening of a letter or an email in Esperanto, so does the work of "Dear Madam" and oj opens a circular to the club. Keep the three near neighbours apart. is to like something, is to treat with due regard, and is to hold in genuine high opinion. is the noun, and i is to despise, which is a good deal blunter than it looks.
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Word family
Words built on estimi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- altestimataadjective
highly esteemed; Dear (opening a formal letter)
altaestimi-at-: highly esteemed
- malestimiverb
to despise, to look down on
mal-estimi: the opposite of esteeming
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 11: estimi, palaco, fundamento and 7 more words.