brillar por su ausencia

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French briller par son absence.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su auˈsenθja/ [bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su auˈsenθja/ [bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su auˈsenθja/ [bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn̟.θja] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʃaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʃaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʃaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʃaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /bɾiˌʒaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʒaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: bri‧llar por su au‧sen‧cia

Verb

brillar por su ausencia

1. (idiomatic) to be conspicuous by one's absence, to be conspicuously absent

Further reading

• “brillar alguien o algo por su ausencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025