brillar

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brillar (first-person singular indicative present brillo, past participle brilláu)

  1. (intransitive) to shine (to emit light)

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Italian brillare.

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brillar (first-person singular present brillo, first-person singular preterite brillí, past participle brillat)

  1. to shine
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Etymology 2[edit]

From earlier brellar. Likely borrowed from Old Occitan brailar (to sing [said of birds]).

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brillar (first-person singular present brillo, first-person singular preterite brillí, past participle brillat)

  1. to imitate the call of a bird
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brillar

  1. to shine

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian brillare.

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bɾiˈʝaɾ/ [bɾiˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bɾiˈʎaɾ/ [bɾiˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bɾiˈʃaɾ/ [bɾiˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bɾiˈʒaɾ/ [bɾiˈʒaɾ]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bri‧llar

Verb[edit]

brillar (first-person singular present brillo, first-person singular preterite brillé, past participle brillado)

  1. to shine
    Synonyms: relucir, resplandecer
  2. to glow
  3. to sparkle, glisten, glitter, twinkle

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