brillar por su ausencia

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French briller par son absence.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su auˈsenθja/ [bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn̟.θja] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su auˈsenθja/ [bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn̟.θja] (rural northern Spain)
 
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʝaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (most of Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʎaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
 
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˌʃaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʃaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˌʒaɾ poɾ su auˈsensja/ [bɾiˌʒaɾ poɾ su au̯ˈsẽn.sja] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: bri‧llar por su au‧sen‧cia

Verb

brillar por su ausencia

  1. (idiomatic) to be conspicuous by one's absence, to be conspicuously absent

Further reading

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