estela
Portuguese, noun/isˈtɛ.lɐ/
estela is spelled E-S-T-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stele (upright slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coluna monolítica”.
What does estela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestele (upright slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions)
- 2
femininestele (central core of a plant's root and stem system)
noun
- 1
femininestar (celestial body)
- 2
femininesplinter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coluna monolítica 2. pedra inscrita 3. pequena casca de madeira
noun: 1. prenome feminino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estela
- estelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estela?
- Brazil /isˈtɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil /esˈtɛ.lɐ/
- /iʃˈtɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estela in Portuguese?
estela appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).