estrela

Meaning

Noun

star (a luminous celestial body)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of estrelar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of estrelar:

estrelar

1. (transitive) to cover with stars or to shape into a star
2. (transitive) to smash
3. (transitive) to fry (eggs)
4. (pronominal) to crash

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/esˈtɾela/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: stēlla

In summary

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

Sentences

Tintín observa unha estrela que parece achegarse cada vez máis á Terra .

Tintin observes a star that seems to be getting closer and closer to Earth.