brillar

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

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

• llucir

• brillu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Borrowed from Italian brillare.

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

1. to shine

• brillant

From earlier brellar. Likely borrowed from Old Occitan brailar (“to sing ”).

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

1. to imitate the call of a bird

• brill

• “brillar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “brellar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

brillar

1. to shine

Borrowed from Italian brillare.

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bri‧llar

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

• relumbrar

• “brillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10