estrella de mar

Asturian

Noun

estrella de mar f (plural estrelles de mar)

1. starfish (various echinoderms)

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “sea star”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /esˌtɾeʝa de ˈmaɾ/ [esˌt̪ɾe.ʝa ð̞e ˈmaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /esˌtɾeʝa de ˈmaɾ/ [esˌt̪ɾe.ʝa ð̞e ˈmaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esˌtɾeʎa de ˈmaɾ/ [esˌt̪ɾe.ʎa ð̞e ˈmaɾ] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /esˌtɾeʃa de ˈmaɾ/ [esˌt̪ɾe.ʃa ð̞e ˈmaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /esˌtɾeʒa de ˈmaɾ/ [esˌt̪ɾe.ʒa ð̞e ˈmaɾ] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /esˌtɾea de ˈmaɾ/ [esˌt̪ɾe.a ð̞e ˈmaɾ] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: es‧tre‧lla de mar

Noun

estrella de mar f (plural estrellas de mar)

1. starfish

Further reading

• “estrella de mar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025