estrella

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See also: Estrella and estrellá

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtɾeʎa/,
  • Rhymes: -eʎa
  • Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lla

Noun

estrella f (plural estrelles)

  1. star

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estrella, from Latin stēlla. Compare estel.

Pronunciation

Noun

estrella f (plural estrelles)

  1. star
    Synonym: estel

Derived terms

Further reading

Leonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Noun

estrella f

  1. star

References

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stēlla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Pronunciation

Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. star
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v. a.
      Sõnaua q̃ el ſol. e la luna. E .xj. eſtrellas me adorauan.
      I dreamt that the sun, then the moon, then eleven stars worshiped me.
    • Idem, f. 77v. b.
      alli luego guio el eſtrella alos tres reyes magos que uinjeron de orient.
      there the star later guided the Three Wise Men that came from the east.

Derived terms

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of estrela

Spanish

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Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /esˈtɾeʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /esˈtɾeʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /esˈtɾeʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /esˈtɾeʒa/

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

  • Syllabification: es‧tre‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish estrella (compare Galician estrela, Portuguese estrela and Catalan estrella), from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. star (celestial body)
    Synonym: astro
  2. star (geometry)
  3. star (most important person in e.g. a film)
  4. (heraldry) mullet, star
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estrella

  1. inflection of estrellar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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