estalar

• estralar

From Old Galician-Portuguese estalar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *astellare, from Latin astulla, alternative form of assula, from assis (“axis, wheel, axle”). Cognate with Portuguese estalar, Spanish estallar.

• IPA^(key): /estaˈlaɾ/

estalar (first-person singular present estalo, first-person singular preterite estalei, past participle estalado)

1. to crack, break out, burst

   Synonyms: estoupar, estourar

   • 1325, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 66:

     daredes as meas das castanas a a cisterna, tan bem das destaladas como das outras do souto de Ricanno et d'Espiynzelo.

     You'll give us half the chestnuts in the cistern, of the cracked open ones as well as of the others, of the orchard of Ricaño and of Espincelo

2. to crackle
3. to crack; bang; pop

   Synonyms: estoupar, estourar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 412:

     ossos dos mortos estalauã et rressoauã fortemẽt

     the bones of the dead were cracking and resounding strongly

• estalote
• estalo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estalar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estalar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estalar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estalar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estalar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese estalar, from Vulgar Latin *astellāre, from Latin astulla, alternative form of assula, from assis (“axis, wheel, axle”).

• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧lar

estalar (first-person singular present estalo, first-person singular preterite estalei, past participle estalado)

1. to click, snap
2. to break

• “estalar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “estalar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025