See also: Estrella and estrellá

Asturian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈtɾeʎa/, [es̪ˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
  • Rhymes: -eʎa
  • Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lla

Noun

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estrella f (plural estrelles)

  1. star

Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish estrella.

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Noun

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estrella f (plural estrelles)

  1. star
    Synonym: estel

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Leonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin stēlla.

Noun

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estrella f

  1. star

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. star
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v. a.
      Sõnaua q̃ el ſol. e la luna. E .xj. eſtrellas me adorauan.
      I dreamt that the sun, then the moon, then eleven stars worshiped me.
    • Idem, f. 77v. b.
      alli luego guio el eſtrella alos tres reyes magos que uinjeron de orient.
      there the star later guided the Three Wise Men that came from the east.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ladino: estreya
  • Spanish: estrella, Estrella (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

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Noun

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estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of estrela.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /esˈtɾeʝa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /esˈtɾeʎa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /esˈtɾeʃa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /esˈtɾeʒa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: es‧tre‧lla

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish estrella (compare Galician estrela, Portuguese estrela and Catalan estrella), from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

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estrella f (plural estrellas)

  1. star (celestial body)
    Synonym: astro
  2. star (geometry)
  3. star (most important person in e.g. a film)
  4. (heraldry) mullet, star
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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estrella

  1. inflection of estrellar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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