estela

See also: Estela

Galician

Roman era estela of Crecente

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *astella, from assula. Cognate with Spanish astilla, Catalan estella, French attelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɛla̝/

Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. splinter

   Synonym: racha

2. billet, sliver

   Synonyms: acha, cavaco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin stēla, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɛla̝/

Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. stela

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “estela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• estiala, estello (Provençal)

Etymology

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

Noun

estela f (plural estelas)

1. star (celestial body)

Further reading

• estela on the Occitan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^oc

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Spanish

Etymology

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
4. stela (monument)