estela

See also: Estela

Galician

Roman era estela of Crecente

Etymology 1

From Late Latin astella, from astla, from Latin assula. Compare Spanish astilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈtɛla̝]

Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. splinter

   Synonym: racha

2. billet, sliver

   Synonyms: acha, cavaco

3. lath

   Synonym: ripa

Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin stēla, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɛla̝/

Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. stela

References

• “estela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• estiala, estello (Provençal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈte.lɔ/

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Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. star (celestial body)

Related terms

• Estela

Further reading

• estela on the Occitan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^oc

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtela/ [esˈt̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧te‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin aestuāria, inflected form of aestuārium (“tidal basin, agitation of water”), from aestus (“tide”).

Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. wake (track left behind a boat)
2. slipstream
3. trail, contrail
4. stela (monument)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estela

1. third-person singular imperative of estar combined with la

Further reading

• “estela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014