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]

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

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

Noun

estrellero m (plural estrelleros)

1. (dated) astrologer, astrologist

   Synonym: astrólogo

Related terms

• constelación
• estrella

Further reading

• “estrellero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10