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Verb
refulgir (first-person singular present refulgeixo, first-person singular preterite refulgí, past participle refulgit)
- to shine
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:El nostre sol feia que refulgissin amb coloraines verdes i vermelles.- Our sun made them shine in bright reds and greens.
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin refulgeō.
Pronunciation
Verb
refulgir (first-person singular present refuljo, first-person singular preterite refulgi, past participle refulgido)
- to shine, to glean
- (figuratively) to distinguish oneself, to excel
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin refulgeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /refulˈxiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: re‧ful‧gir
Verb
refulgir (first-person singular present refuljo, first-person singular preterite refulgí, past participle refulgido)
- (formal) to shine, glean (usually said of the moon)
- Synonyms: rielar, resplandecer, titilar
1904, Pío Baroja, La lucha por la vida:y bajo el cielo azul de Prusia todo palpitaba y refulgía y temblaba a la luz del sol con una vibración de llama.- and under the blue Prussian sky everything was throbbing and glimmering and shaking in the sunlight with a flame-like rhythm
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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