estrelar
Portuguese, verb/is.tɾeˈla(ʁ)/
estrelar is spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cover with stars or to shape into a star” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “refulgir, brilhar como uma estrela”.
What does estrelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cover with stars or to shape into a star
- 2
to fry (eggs)
- 3
Brazilto star (to perform in a play or film)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo às estrelas
verb: 1. refulgir, brilhar como uma estrela 2. estar o céu noturno sem nuvens e bem visíveis as estrelas 3. dar forma de estrela 4. enfeitiçar com estrelas
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 estrelar
- estrelo first-person present singular
- estrelei first-person preterite singular
- estrelado participle past
- estrelares infinitive second-person singular
- estrelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- estrelardes infinitive plural second-person
- estrelarem infinitive plural third-person
- estrelando gerund
- estrelados masculine participle past
- estrelada feminine participle past
- estreladas feminine participle past
- estrelas indicative present second-person
- estrela indicative present singular
- estrelamos first-person indicative plural
- estrelais indicative plural present
- estrelam indicative plural present
- estrelava first-person imperfect indicative
- estrelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrelar?
- Brazil /is.tɾeˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.tɾeˈla(h)]
- Brazil /es.tɾeˈla(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 estrelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estrelar in Portuguese?
estrelar appears 1.0 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).