estilha
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish astilla, from Vulgar Latin astella, from Latin astula, variant of assula (“splinter”). Compare French attelle.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/, /eʃˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈt͡ʃi.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈti.ʎɐ/
- Hyphenation: es‧ti‧lha
Noun
estilha f (plural estilhas)
Derived terms
- estilhaço
- estilhar
Further reading
- “estilha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “estilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026