brillar por su ausencia

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French briller par son absence.

Verb

brillar por su ausencia

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

Further reading

• “brillar alguien o algo por su ausencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10