estela

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Late Latin astella, from astla, from Latin assula. Compare Spanish astilla. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [esˈtɛla̝] ==== Noun ==== estela f (plural estelas) splinter Synonym: racha billet, sliver Synonyms: acha, cavaco lath Synonym: ripa === Etymology 2 === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin stēla, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /esˈtɛla̝/ ==== Noun ==== estela f (plural estelas) stela === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Occitan == === Alternative forms === estiala, estello (Provençal) === Etymology === From Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈte.lɔ/ === Noun === estela f (plural estelas) star (celestial body) ==== Related terms ==== Estela === Further reading === estela on the Occitan Wikipedia.Wikipedia oc == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈtela/ [esˈt̪e.la] Rhymes: -ela Syllabification: es‧te‧la === Etymology 1 === From Latin aestuāria, inflected form of aestuārium (“tidal basin, agitation of water”), from aestus (“tide”). ==== Noun ==== estela f (plural estelas) wake (track left behind a boat) slipstream trail, contrail stela (monument) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== estela third-person singular imperative of estar combined with la === Further reading === “estela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025