vislumbre

• Hyphenation: vis‧lum‧bre

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

vislumbre m (plural vislumbres)

1. glimmer (a faint light)
2. glimpse (a brief look)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Fernando Pessoa, À noite:

     Que vislumbre escondido de melhores Dias ou horas no teu campo cabe?

     Which hidden glimpse of better days and hours fits in your field?

• vislumbrar

vislumbre

1. inflection of vislumbrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /bisˈlumbɾe/ [bisˈlũm.bɾe]
• Rhymes: -umbɾe
• Syllabification: vis‧lum‧bre

Deverbal from vislumbrar.

vislumbre f (plural vislumbres)

1. glimmer, glimpse, surmise

vislumbre

1. inflection of vislumbrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “vislumbre”, 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