estalar

Galician

Alternative forms

• estralar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese estalar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *astellare, from Latin astulla, alternative form of assula, from assis (“axis, wheel, axle”). Cognate with Portuguese estalar, Spanish estallar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estaˈlaɾ/

Verb

1. to crack, break out, burst
   • 1325, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 66:

     daredes as meas das castanas a a cisterna, tan bem das destaladas como das outras do souto de Ricanno et d'Espiynzelo.

     You'll give us half the chestnuts in the cistern, of the cracked open ones as well as of the others, of the orchard of Ricaño and of Espincelo

   Synonyms: estoupar, estourar

2. to crackle
3. to crack; bang; pop
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 412:

     ossos dos mortos estalauã et rressoauã fortemẽt

     the bones of the dead were cracking and resounding strongly

   Synonyms: estoupar, estourar

Derived terms

• estalote
• estalo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estalar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estalar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estalar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estalar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese estalar, from Vulgar Latin *astellar, from Latin astulla, alternative form of assula, from assis (“axis, wheel, axle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ/
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧lar

Verb

1. to click, snap
2. to break