estrela

See also: Estrela

Catalan

Noun

estrela f (plural estreles)

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of estrella (“star”)

Further reading

• “estrela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “estrela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “estrela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estrela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾela/ [es̺ˈt̪ɾe.lɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: es‧tre‧la

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrela, strela (“star”), from Latin stēlla (“star”), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

Noun

estrela f (plural estrelas)

1. star (a luminous celestial body)

Derived terms

• estrela fugaz
• protoestrela

Related terms

• estelar

Etymology 2

Verb

estrela

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• strela

Etymology

From Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with Old Spanish estrella, Old Occitan stella and Old French estoile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺ˈtɾela/

Noun

estrela f

1. star
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 112 (facsimile):

     a u(ir)gẽ eſtrela do mar

     the Virgin, star of the sea

Descendants

Descendants

• Galician: estrela
• Portuguese: estrela, estrella (obsolete)
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: strela
  • Kabuverdianu: strela
  • Kristang: strela
  • Saramaccan: teréja, teéja, teéa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• estrella (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrela, strela (“star”), from Latin stēlla (“star”), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

Cognate with Galician estrela, Spanish and Catalan estrella, Occitan estela, French étoile, Italian stella and Romanian stea. Doublet of Estela.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾe.lɐ/, /esˈtɾe.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾe.lɐ/, /esˈtɾe.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾe.lɐ/, /eʃˈtɾe.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾe.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾe.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -elɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧tre‧la

Noun

estrela f (plural estrelas)

1. star
   1. (astronomy) luminous celestial body
   2. (geometry) concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points
   3. celebrity (famous person)
2. cartwheel (a gymnastic manoeuvre)

   Synonym: estrelinha

Derived terms

• Estrela
• estrelado
• estrelar
• estrelato
• estrelismo

 

Related terms

• estelar

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: strela
• Kabuverdianu: strela
• Kristang: strela
• Saramaccan: teréja, teéja, teéa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾɛ.lɐ/, /esˈtɾɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾɛ.lɐ/, /esˈtɾɛ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾɛ.lɐ/, /eʃˈtɾɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾɛ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧tre‧la

Verb

estrela

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

Further reading

• estrela on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt