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)

  1. (relational) sterling (of or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage)

Derived terms

References
  • “esterlin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “sterl” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “esterlino” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From English sterling.

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)

  1. relating to the pound or the English money

Noun

esterlino m (plural esterlinos)

  1. legal currency of Great Britain
    Synonyms: esterlina, libra esterlina

Further reading
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