briljera

Swedish

Etymology

From French briller, from Italian brillare. Italian term arguably from Vulgar Latin berillare. Likely from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos). Compare origin of briljant, brillor, beryll.

Verb

briljera (present briljerar, preterite briljerade, supine briljerat, imperative briljera)

1. shine, excel

   Synonym: glänsa

2. flaunt, show off

   Synonym: pråla

Conjugation

Conjugation of briljera (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	briljera		briljeras
supine	briljerat		briljerats
imperative	briljera		—
imper. plural1	briljeren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	briljerar	briljerade	briljeras	briljerades
ind. plural1	briljera	briljerade	briljeras	briljerades
subjunctive2	briljere	briljerade	briljeres	briljerades
present participle		briljerande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Descendants

• → Finnish: briljeerata

References

• briljera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• briljera in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• briljera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)