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brillare

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See also: brillaré

Asturian

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Verb

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brillare

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

Italian

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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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

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Verb

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brillare

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