vislumbrar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vislumbrar, from Latin vix lūmināre (“barely illuminate”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: vis‧lum‧brar

Verb

vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbrei, past participle vislumbrado)

  1. to glimpse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vislumbrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal vislumbrar
Personal vislumbrar vislumbrares vislumbrar vislumbrarmos vislumbrardes vislumbrarem
Gerund
vislumbrando
Past participle
Masculine vislumbrado vislumbrados
Feminine vislumbrada vislumbradas
Indicative
Present vislumbro vislumbras vislumbra vislumbramos vislumbrais vislumbram
Imperfect vislumbrava vislumbravas vislumbrava vislumbrávamos vislumbráveis vislumbravam
Preterite vislumbrei vislumbraste vislumbrou vislumbramos1, vislumbrámos2 vislumbrastes vislumbraram
Pluperfect vislumbrara vislumbraras vislumbrara vislumbráramos vislumbráreis vislumbraram
Future vislumbrarei vislumbrarás vislumbrará vislumbraremos vislumbrareis vislumbrarão
Conditional vislumbraria vislumbrarias vislumbraria vislumbraríamos vislumbraríeis vislumbrariam
Subjunctive
Present vislumbre vislumbres vislumbre vislumbremos vislumbreis vislumbrem
Imperfect vislumbrasse vislumbrasses vislumbrasse vislumbrássemos vislumbrásseis vislumbrassem
Future vislumbrar vislumbrares vislumbrar vislumbrarmos vislumbrardes vislumbrarem
Imperative
Affirmative vislumbra vislumbre vislumbremos vislumbrai vislumbrem
Negative (não) não vislumbres não vislumbre não vislumbremos não vislumbreis não vislumbrem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vix luminare (“barely illuminate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bislumˈbɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vis‧lum‧brar

Verb

vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbré, past participle vislumbrado)

  1. (transitive) to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light
  2. (transitive) to glimpse, barely see, see at a distance
    vislumbrar el fin ― to glimpse the end

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vislumbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive vislumbrar
gerund vislumbrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular vislumbrado vislumbrada
plural vislumbrados vislumbradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vislumbro vislumbrastú
vislumbrásvos 		vislumbra vislumbramos vislumbráis vislumbran
imperfect vislumbraba vislumbrabas vislumbraba vislumbrábamos vislumbrabais vislumbraban
preterite vislumbré vislumbraste vislumbró vislumbramos vislumbrasteis vislumbraron
future vislumbraré vislumbrarás vislumbrará vislumbraremos vislumbraréis vislumbrarán
conditional vislumbraría vislumbrarías vislumbraría vislumbraríamos vislumbraríais vislumbrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vislumbre vislumbrestú
vislumbrésvos2 		vislumbre vislumbremos vislumbréis vislumbren
imperfect
(ra) 		vislumbrara vislumbraras vislumbrara vislumbráramos vislumbrarais vislumbraran
imperfect
(se) 		vislumbrase vislumbrases vislumbrase vislumbrásemos vislumbraseis vislumbrasen
future1 vislumbrare vislumbrares vislumbrare vislumbráremos vislumbrareis vislumbraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative vislumbratú
vislumbrávos 		vislumbre vislumbremos vislumbrad vislumbren
negative no vislumbres no vislumbre no vislumbremos no vislumbréis no vislumbren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vislumbrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive vislumbrar
dative vislumbrarme vislumbrarte vislumbrarle, vislumbrarse vislumbrarnos vislumbraros vislumbrarles, vislumbrarse
accusative vislumbrarme vislumbrarte vislumbrarlo, vislumbrarla, vislumbrarse vislumbrarnos vislumbraros vislumbrarlos, vislumbrarlas, vislumbrarse
with gerund vislumbrando
dative vislumbrándome vislumbrándote vislumbrándole, vislumbrándose vislumbrándonos vislumbrándoos vislumbrándoles, vislumbrándose
accusative vislumbrándome vislumbrándote vislumbrándolo, vislumbrándola, vislumbrándose vislumbrándonos vislumbrándoos vislumbrándolos, vislumbrándolas, vislumbrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vislumbra
dative vislúmbrame vislúmbrate vislúmbrale vislúmbranos not used vislúmbrales
accusative vislúmbrame vislúmbrate vislúmbralo, vislúmbrala vislúmbranos not used vislúmbralos, vislúmbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vislumbrá
dative vislumbrame vislumbrate vislumbrale vislumbranos not used vislumbrales
accusative vislumbrame vislumbrate vislumbralo, vislumbrala vislumbranos not used vislumbralos, vislumbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative vislumbre
dative vislúmbreme not used vislúmbrele, vislúmbrese vislúmbrenos not used vislúmbreles
accusative vislúmbreme not used vislúmbrelo, vislúmbrela, vislúmbrese vislúmbrenos not used vislúmbrelos, vislúmbrelas
with first-person plural imperative vislumbremos
dative not used vislumbrémoste vislumbrémosle vislumbrémonos vislumbrémoos vislumbrémosles
accusative not used vislumbrémoste vislumbrémoslo, vislumbrémosla vislumbrémonos vislumbrémoos vislumbrémoslos, vislumbrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vislumbrad
dative vislumbradme not used vislumbradle vislumbradnos vislumbraos vislumbradles
accusative vislumbradme not used vislumbradlo, vislumbradla vislumbradnos vislumbraos vislumbradlos, vislumbradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vislumbren
dative vislúmbrenme not used vislúmbrenle vislúmbrennos not used vislúmbrenles, vislúmbrense
accusative vislúmbrenme not used vislúmbrenlo, vislúmbrenla vislúmbrennos not used vislúmbrenlos, vislúmbrenlas, vislúmbrense

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: vislumbrar

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