esterlino
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese esterlin (“sterling”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Middle English sterling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esterˈlino̝/
Adjective
esterlino (feminine esterlina, masculine plural esterlinos, feminine plural esterlinas)
- (relational) sterling (of or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esterlin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sterl”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esterlino”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.teʁˈlĩ.nu/ [is.teɦˈlĩ.nu], /es.teʁˈlĩ.nu/ [es.teɦˈlĩ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.teɾˈlĩ.nu/, /es.teɾˈlĩ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.teʁˈlĩ.nu/, /eʃ.teʁˈlĩ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.teɻˈli.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾˈli.nu/
Adjective
esterlino (feminine esterlina, masculine plural esterlinos, feminine plural esterlinas)
Noun
esterlino m (plural esterlinos)
- legal currency of Great Britain
- Synonyms: esterlina, libra esterlina
Further reading
- “esterlino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025