estrella

From Latin stēlla.

estrella f (plural estrelles)

1. star

Borrowed from Spanish estrella, from Latin stēlla. Compare estel.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əsˈtɾə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈtɾɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾe.ʎa/

estrella f (plural estrelles)

1. star

   Synonym: estel

• “estrella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• estreilla

estrella f

1. star

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

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

• IPA^(key): /es̺ˈtɾeʎa/

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.

• estrellero m

• Catalan: estrella
• Ladino: estreya
• Spanish: estrella
  • Papiamentu: strea
  • Tagalog: estrelya

estrella f (plural estrellas)

1. Superseded spelling of estrela.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾeʎa/, [esˈt̪ɾeʎa]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾeɟ͡ʝa/, [esˈt̪ɾeʝa]

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• Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lla

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

estrella f (plural estrellas)

1. star (celestial body)
2. star (star-shaped thing)
3. star (most important person in e.g. a film)
4. (heraldry) mullet, star

• astro m

(diminutive estrellita)

• estrella fugaz f
• estrellar (verb)
• ir de estrella (verb)
• nacer con estrella (verb)

• estelar
• estrellar

estrella

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of estrellar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of estrellar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of estrellar.