estrellita

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Spanish

Etymology

From estrella +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /estɾeˈʝita/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /estɾeˈʎita/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /estɾeˈʃita/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /estɾeˈʒita/

  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: es‧tre‧lli‧ta

Noun

estrellita f (plural estrellitas)

  1. diminutive of estrella
    • 2015 November 8, “Columna”, in El País:
      No obstante puede que exista todavía ese catalán pactista, lleno de buen sentido, burgués, inteligente y educado que al oír durante la sobremesa al mediodía proclamar en el Parlament la República Catalana sea capaz de pronunciar la palabra fatídica, ¡Sarajevo!, y se le atragante la sopa de estrellitas que estaba tomando.
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