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estralho

Portuguese, noun/isˈtɾa.ʎu/

estralho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “snood; snell (short line by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabo usado para sustentar mastros ou antenas em embarcações, garantindo estabilidade”.

What does estralho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesnood; snell (short line by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. cabo usado para sustentar mastros ou antenas em embarcações, garantindo estabilidade 2. segmento de linha que liga o anzol ao chicote ou à linha principal; também chamado pernada ou líder (quando encastoado)

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 estralho

  • estralhos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce estralho?

  • Brazil /isˈtɾa.ʎu/
  • Brazil /esˈtɾa.ʎu/
  • /iʃˈtɾa.ʎu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.