vislumbrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vislumbrar, from Latin vix lūmināre (“barely illuminate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viz.lũˈbɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viz.lũˈbɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viʒ.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viʒ.lũˈbɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʒ.lũˈbɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: vis‧lum‧brar

Verb

vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbrei, past participle vislumbrado)

1. to glimpse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vislumbrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vislumbrar
Personal	vislumbrar	vislumbrares	vislumbrar	vislumbrarmos	vislumbrardes	vislumbrarem
Gerund
	vislumbrando
Past participle
Masculine	vislumbrado			vislumbrados
Feminine	vislumbrada			vislumbradas
Indicative
Present	vislumbro	vislumbras	vislumbra	vislumbramos	vislumbrais	vislumbram
Imperfect	vislumbrava	vislumbravas	vislumbrava	vislumbrávamos	vislumbráveis	vislumbravam
Preterite	vislumbrei	vislumbraste	vislumbrou	vislumbramos1, vislumbrámos2	vislumbrastes	vislumbraram
Pluperfect	vislumbrara	vislumbraras	vislumbrara	vislumbráramos	vislumbráreis	vislumbraram
Future	vislumbrarei	vislumbrarás	vislumbrará	vislumbraremos	vislumbrareis	vislumbrarão
Conditional	vislumbraria	vislumbrarias	vislumbraria	vislumbraríamos	vislumbraríeis	vislumbrariam
Subjunctive
Present	vislumbre	vislumbres	vislumbre	vislumbremos	vislumbreis	vislumbrem
Imperfect	vislumbrasse	vislumbrasses	vislumbrasse	vislumbrássemos	vislumbrásseis	vislumbrassem
Future	vislumbrar	vislumbrares	vislumbrar	vislumbrarmos	vislumbrardes	vislumbrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vislumbra	vislumbre	vislumbremos	vislumbrai	vislumbrem
Negative (não)		não vislumbres	não vislumbre	não vislumbremos	não vislumbreis	não vislumbrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• vislumbre

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vix luminare (“barely illuminate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bislumˈbɾaɾ/ [bis.lũmˈbɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vis‧lum‧brar

Verb

vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbré, past participle vislumbrado)

1. (transitive) to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light
2. (transitive) to glimpse, barely see, see at a distance

   vislumbrar el fin ― to glimpse the end

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vislumbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vislumbrar
gerund			vislumbrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vislumbrado		vislumbrada
		plural		vislumbrados		vislumbradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vislumbro	vislumbrastú vislumbrásvos	vislumbra	vislumbramos	vislumbráis	vislumbran
	imperfect	vislumbraba	vislumbrabas	vislumbraba	vislumbrábamos	vislumbrabais	vislumbraban
	preterite	vislumbré	vislumbraste	vislumbró	vislumbramos	vislumbrasteis	vislumbraron
	future	vislumbraré	vislumbrarás	vislumbrará	vislumbraremos	vislumbraréis	vislumbrarán
	conditional	vislumbraría	vislumbrarías	vislumbraría	vislumbraríamos	vislumbraríais	vislumbrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vislumbre	vislumbrestú vislumbrésvos2	vislumbre	vislumbremos	vislumbréis	vislumbren
	imperfect (ra)	vislumbrara	vislumbraras	vislumbrara	vislumbráramos	vislumbrarais	vislumbraran
	imperfect (se)	vislumbrase	vislumbrases	vislumbrase	vislumbrásemos	vislumbraseis	vislumbrasen
	future1	vislumbrare	vislumbrares	vislumbrare	vislumbráremos	vislumbrareis	vislumbraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vislumbratú vislumbrávos	vislumbre	vislumbremos	vislumbrad	vislumbren
	negative		no vislumbres	no vislumbre	no vislumbremos	no vislumbréis	no vislumbren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vislumbrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive vislumbrar
	dative	vislumbrarme	vislumbrarte	vislumbrarle, vislumbrarse	vislumbrarnos	vislumbraros	vislumbrarles, vislumbrarse
	accusative	vislumbrarme	vislumbrarte	vislumbrarlo, vislumbrarla, vislumbrarse	vislumbrarnos	vislumbraros	vislumbrarlos, vislumbrarlas, vislumbrarse
with gerund vislumbrando
	dative	vislumbrándome	vislumbrándote	vislumbrándole, vislumbrándose	vislumbrándonos	vislumbrándoos	vislumbrándoles, vislumbrándose
	accusative	vislumbrándome	vislumbrándote	vislumbrándolo, vislumbrándola, vislumbrándose	vislumbrándonos	vislumbrándoos	vislumbrándolos, vislumbrándolas, vislumbrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vislumbra
	dative	vislúmbrame	vislúmbrate	vislúmbrale	vislúmbranos	not used	vislúmbrales
	accusative	vislúmbrame	vislúmbrate	vislúmbralo, vislúmbrala	vislúmbranos	not used	vislúmbralos, vislúmbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vislumbrá
	dative	vislumbrame	vislumbrate	vislumbrale	vislumbranos	not used	vislumbrales
	accusative	vislumbrame	vislumbrate	vislumbralo, vislumbrala	vislumbranos	not used	vislumbralos, vislumbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative vislumbre
	dative	vislúmbreme	not used	vislúmbrele, vislúmbrese	vislúmbrenos	not used	vislúmbreles
	accusative	vislúmbreme	not used	vislúmbrelo, vislúmbrela, vislúmbrese	vislúmbrenos	not used	vislúmbrelos, vislúmbrelas
with first-person plural imperative vislumbremos
	dative	not used	vislumbrémoste	vislumbrémosle	vislumbrémonos	vislumbrémoos	vislumbrémosles
	accusative	not used	vislumbrémoste	vislumbrémoslo, vislumbrémosla	vislumbrémonos	vislumbrémoos	vislumbrémoslos, vislumbrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vislumbrad
	dative	vislumbradme	not used	vislumbradle	vislumbradnos	vislumbraos	vislumbradles
	accusative	vislumbradme	not used	vislumbradlo, vislumbradla	vislumbradnos	vislumbraos	vislumbradlos, vislumbradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vislumbren
	dative	vislúmbrenme	not used	vislúmbrenle	vislúmbrennos	not used	vislúmbrenles, vislúmbrense
	accusative	vislúmbrenme	not used	vislúmbrenlo, vislúmbrenla	vislúmbrennos	not used	vislúmbrenlos, vislúmbrenlas, vislúmbrense

Descendants

• → Portuguese: vislumbrar

Further reading

• “vislumbrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014