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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reluzir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin relūcēre.
Pronunciation
Verb
relucir (first-person singular present reluzo, third-person singular present reloce, first-person singular preterite relucín, past participle relucido)
- to glisten, glint, sparkle
Conjugation
Conjugation of relucir (u-o alternation in present singular; c-z alternation)
References
- “reluzir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “reluz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “relucir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “relucir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “relucir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin relūcēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reluˈθiɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /reluˈsiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: re‧lu‧cir
Verb
relucir (first-person singular present reluzco, first-person singular preterite relucí, past participle relucido)
- to glisten
- (sacar a relucir) to bring up (a topic)
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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