brillare

See also: brillaré

Asturian

Verb

brillare

  1. inflection of brillar:
    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Etymology

Probably from an older *brillo, from Latin beryllus, berillus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), or through a Vulgar Latin root *b(e)rillāre. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bril‧là‧re

Verb

brillàre (first-person singular present brìllo, first-person singular past historic brillài, past participle brillàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to shine, to glisten, to sparkle or twinkle
  2. (intransitive) to go off or explode
  3. (transitive) to set off or explode
  4. (transitive) to husk (rice)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Asturian: brillar
  • Catalan: brillar
  • French: briller
  • Maltese: bbrilla
  • Portuguese: brilhar
  • Spanish: brillar

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

brillare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of brillar