fulgurar

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ful.ɣuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ful.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧rar

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurí, past participle fulgurat)

1. (intransitive) to fulgurate, to emit beams of light
2. (intransitive) to twinkle, to scintillate

• “fulgurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “fulgurar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “fulgurar”, 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

Learned borrowing from Latin fulgurāre.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧rar

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurei, past participle fulgurado)

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• “fulgurar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurei, past participle fulgurado)

1. (dated, poetic) to fulgurate, to glow, to flare, to flash
   • 1909, “Brazilian National Anthem”, Osório Duque-Estrada (lyrics):

     Fulguras, ó Brasil, florão da América!

     Thou flashes, o Brazil, crocket of America!

2. (figuratively) to stand out (to be noticeable among many)

   Synonyms: sobressair, destacar — both reflexive

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

• IPA^(key): /fulɡuˈɾaɾ/ [ful.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ful‧gu‧rar

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulguré, past participle fulgurado)

1. to fulgurate
2. to glow

   Synonyms: fulgir, brillar, resplandecer

• “fulgurar”, 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