estrellar
Spanish, verb/estɾeˈʝaɾ/
estrellar is spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrellar is a Spanish verb meaning “to smash, shatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trizar, destrozar”.
What does estrellar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smash, shatter
- 2
to crash
El coche se estrelló contra la pared.
- 3
to come to nothing
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinestellar; pertaining to stars
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Trizar, destrozar. 2. Arrojar con violencia algo contra otra cosa. 3. Freír huevos. 4. Contradecir y oponerse abiertamente a las ideas de otro.
adjective: 1. Variante poco usada de estelar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estrellar
- estrello first-person present singular
- estrellé first-person preterite singular
- estrellado participle past
- estrellando gerund
- estrellada feminine participle past
- estrellados masculine participle past
- estrelladas feminine participle past
- estrellas indicative informal present
- estrellás indicative informal present
- estrella indicative present singular
- estrellamos first-person indicative plural
- estrelláis indicative plural present
- estrellan indicative plural present
- estrellaba first-person imperfect indicative
- estrellabas imperfect indicative second-person
- estrellábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- estrellabais imperfect indicative plural
- estrellaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrellar?
- /estɾeˈʝaɾ/
- [es.t̪ɾeˈʝaɾ]
- [est̪ɾeˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estrellar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estrellar in Spanish?
estrellar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).