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, 2022
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [es̺ˈtɾelɐ]

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Noun

estrela f (plural estrelas)

1. star (a luminous celestial body)

Derived terms

• estrela fugaz
• protoestrela

Related terms

• estelar

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Old 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, , To codex, cantiga 112 (facsimile):

     a u(ir)gẽ eſtrela do mar

     the Virgin, star of the sea

Descendants

Descendants

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• estrella (superseded)

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨʃ.ˈtɾelɐ/, /iʃ.ˈtɾelɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ˈtɾe.lɐ/, [ɪs̻.ˈt̪ɾe.l̪ə]
• 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)

Derived terms

• Estrela
• estrelar
• estrelato
• estrelado

Related terms

• estelar

Descendants

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

Further reading

• estrela on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt