estrellero

Old Spanish

Etymology

From estrella (“star”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /estɾeˈʎeɾo/

Noun

estrellero m (plural estrelleros)

  1. astrologer
    • c. 1270, Alfonso X, Estoria de Espanna, f. 163r:
      De como nascio Mahomat. & de lo que dixo dell Judio estrellero.
      On how Muhammad was born and what the Jewish astrologer said about him.
    • Idem, f. 163v:
      De como dixo ell Judio estrellero que sacaran el coraçon a Mahomat los dos angeles.
      On how the Jewish astrologer said that the two angels should rip out Muhammad's heart.

Descendants

  • Spanish: estrellero

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish estrellero, from estrella (“star”). By surface analysis, estrella (“star”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /estɾeˈʝeɾo/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʝe.ɾo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /estɾeˈʎeɾo/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʎe.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /estɾeˈʃeɾo/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʃe.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /estɾeˈʒeɾo/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʒe.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: es‧tre‧lle‧ro

Noun

estrellero m (plural estrelleros)

  1. (dated) astrologer, astrologist
    Synonym: astrólogo

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