destellar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dēstillāre (to distil, trickle). Compare the borrowed doublet destilar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desteˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /desteˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desteˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desteˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧te‧llar

Verb

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destellar (first-person singular present destello, first-person singular preterite destellé, past participle destellado)

  1. to sparkle, twinkle

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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