/estɾeˈʎaɾ/
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Translation
to smash, to crash into
Word origin
From estrella ('star'), from Latin stella. The verb originally meant to dash something to pieces, as if scattering it like stars.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- estrella
- English cognates
- stellar, star
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
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The car crashed into the wall.
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I do not want to smash the phone against the floor.
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The plane crashed into the mountains.
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He was careful not to smash the plates.
¡, !
Careful, you are going to crash!
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