estrelar

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from estrela (“star”). Cognate with Portuguese estrelar and Spanish estrellar.

• IPA^(key): [estɾeˈlaɾ]

estrelar (first-person singular present estrelo, first-person singular preterite estrelei, past participle estrelado)

1. (transitive) to cover with stars or to shape into a star
2. (transitive) to smash
3. (transitive, of eggs) to fry (eggs)

   Synonyms: fritir, frixir

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crash

• estrelado
• estreladura
• estrelecer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estrelado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estrelad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estrelar”, 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), “estrelar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estrelar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estrelar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese. Compare Galician estrelar and Spanish estrellar.

• Hyphenation: es‧tre‧lar

estrelar (first-person singular present estrelo, first-person singular preterite estrelei, past participle estrelado)

1. (transitive) to cover with stars or to shape into a star
2. (transitive, of eggs) to fry (eggs)
3. (Brazil) to star (to perform in a play or film)

   Synonym: protagonizar

• ovo estrelado