brillar

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Asturian

Verb

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

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

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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

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

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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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Interlingua

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brillar

  1. to shine

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brillare.

Pronunciation

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

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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bri‧llar

Verb

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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