Translation
star
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Examples
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The stars are shining in the night sky.
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I saw a falling star.
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The green star is the symbol of Esperanto.
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Under the stars we talked until morning.
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That star is brighter than the others.
The five-pointed green star is the movement's own emblem, so needs no explanation among speakers and turns up on badges, flags and book covers everywhere. The collective suffix gives o for a constellation, and stelplena describes a sky full of them. English has stretched "star" to mean a famous performer; that sense is far weaker here, so a film star is more safely a . Stick to the sky and to the shape.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 11: stelo, palaco, fundamento and 7 more words.