# estrella
## Asturian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈtɾeʎa/ [es̪ˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
* Rhymes: -eʎa
* Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lla

### Noun

estrella f (plural estrelles)
* star

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* estrela (Valencia)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estrella.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əsˈtɾɛ.ʎə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əsˈtɾə.ʎə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [esˈtɾe.ʎa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

estrella f (plural estrelles)
* star
    Synonym: estel

#### Derived terms

* estrellat

### Further reading

* “estrella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “estrella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “estrella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Leonese
### Alternative forms

* estreilla

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin stēlla.

### Noun

estrella f
* star

### References

* AEDLL
* Pallabreiru Llïonés

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈtɾeʎa/

### Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)
* 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

* estrellero m

#### Descendants

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

## Portuguese
### Noun

estrella f (plural estrellas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of estrela.
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 15:Saciado, cahiu de papo para cima, olhando as estrellas, que vinham nascendo.Satisfied, he fell belly-up, looking at the stars, which were coming up.

## Spanish

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈtɾeʝa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /esˈtɾeʝa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /esˈtɾeʎa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /esˈtɾeʃa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /esˈtɾeʒa/ [esˈt̪ɾe.ʒa]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eʝa
* Rhymes: -eʝa
* Rhymes: -eʎa
* Rhymes: -eʃa
* Rhymes: -eʒa
* Syllabification: es‧tre‧lla

### Etymology 1

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

estrella f (plural estrellas)
* star (celestial body)
    Synonym: astro
* star (geometry)
* star (most important person in e.g. a film)
* (heraldry) mullet, star

##### Derived terms

* anís estrella
* buena estrella
* Estrella
* estrella binaria
* estrella de Belén
* estrella de carbono
* estrella de David
* estrella de helio
* estrella de la tarde
* estrella de los Andes
* estrella de mar
* estrella de neutrones
* estrella doble
* estrella enana
* estrella fija
* estrella fugaz
* estrella gigante
* estrella polar
* estrella porno
* estrella rezagada azul
* estrellado
* estrellar (verb)
* estrellita (diminutive)
* estrellón
* ir de estrella (verb)
* lluvia de estrellas
* nacer con estrella (verb)
* pasto estrella

##### Related terms

* estelar
* estrellar

##### Descendants

* Papiamentu: strea
* → Sardinian: streglia (Campidanese)
* → Tagalog: estrelya

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

estrella
* inflection of estrellar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “estrella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10