estrela-do-mar
Portuguese, noun/isˌtɾe.lɐ.duˈma(ʁ)/
estrela-do-mar is spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-A-D-O-M-A-R (12 letters). Estrela-do-mar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “starfish (any of several star-shaped echinoderms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de animais marinhos em forma de estrela de cinco braços, do grupo dos equinodermos”.
What does estrela-do-mar mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestarfish (any of several star-shaped echinoderms)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero de animais marinhos em forma de estrela de cinco braços, do grupo dos equinodermos
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 estrela-do-mar
- estrelas-do-mar plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrela-do-mar?
- Brazil /isˌtɾe.lɐ.duˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [isˌtɾe.lɐ.duˈma(h)]
- Brazil /esˌtɾe.lɐ.duˈma(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estrela-do-mar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.