Wiktionary

estrella

See also: Estrella and estrellá

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /esˈtɾeʎa/, [es̪ˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
  • Rhymes: -eʎa
  • Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lla

Noun edit

estrella f (plural estrelles)

  1. star

Catalan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

estrella f (plural estrelles)

  1. star
    Synonym: estel

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Leonese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Noun edit

estrella f

  1. star

References edit

Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of estrela

Spanish edit

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Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /esˈtɾeʝa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /esˈtɾeʎa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /esˈtɾeʃa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /esˈtɾeʒa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʒa]

 
  • (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 edit

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 edit

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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

estrella

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

Further reading edit

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