estrelinha
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾeˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
estrelinha is spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-I-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrelinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “starlet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of estrela. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave do gênero Regulus”.
What does estrelinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of estrela
- 2
femininestarlet
- 3
Brazilfemininecartwheel (a gymnastic manoeuvre)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave do gênero Regulus 2. asterisco; marca em forma de estrela 3. massa crua e seca de farinha de trigo em forma de estrela, usada para sopas 4. movimento com o corpo saído de posição em pé em que se rota o atirando lateralmente num sentido a inverter-se o posionamento do tronco verticalmente ao se apoiar com as mãos no chão levando as pernas a estarem voltadas para cima, concluindo-se com tomada da posição apoiada nas duas pernas
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 estrelinha
- estrelinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrelinha?
- Brazil /is.tɾeˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [is.tɾeˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /es.tɾeˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estrelinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estrelinha in Portuguese?
estrelinha appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).