brillar

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

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

• llucir

• brillu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾiˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾiˈʎaɾ]

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• 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 [said of birds]”).

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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], 10 December 2024