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Estrela

Estrela

See also: estrela

Portuguese

Proper noun

Estrela

  1. Estrela (municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

estrela

estrela

See also: Estrela

Galician

Noun

estrela f (plural estrelas)

  1. star (a luminous celestial body)

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with Old Spanish estrella, Old Provençal stella and Old French estoile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es̺ˈtɾela/

Noun

estrela f

  1. star
Descendants

Portuguese

estrelas

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɨʃˈtɾelɐ/, /iʃˈtɾelɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɾelɐ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧tre‧la

Noun

estrela f (plural estrelas)

  1. star (a luminous celestial body)
  2. (geometry) star
  3. a celebrity.

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: stréla
  • Malaccan Creole Portuguese: strela
  • Papiamentu: strea
  • Saramaccan: teréja, teéja, teéa