estrela
Meaning
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- (feminine) star
- (feminine) star
- (feminine) star
- (feminine) cartwheel (a gymnastic manoeuvre)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
es‧tre‧la
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈtɾe.lɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese estrela, strela (“star”), from Latin stēlla (“star”), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Cognate with Galician estrela, Spanish and Catalan estrella, Occitan estela, French étoile, Italian stella and Romanian stea. Doublet of Estela.
New
estrelar
- (transitive) to cover with stars or to shape into a star
- (transitive) to fry (eggs)
- (Brazil) to star (to perform in a play or film)
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