deslumbrar
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + lumbre + -ar, from Latin lūmen (“light”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]deslumbrar (first-person singular present deslumbro, first-person singular preterite deslumbré, past participle deslumbrado)
- (transitive, literally) to dazzle, to blind temporarily
- 1834, José de Espronceda, “Chapter 17”, in Sancho Saldaña:
- […] sacando una linterna […] , deslumbró de repente al aventurero e iluminó parte del corredor.
- […] taking a torch, he suddenly dazzled the adventurer and lit up part of the corridor.
- 2020, Stefano Vignaroli (original), translated by María Acosta Díaz, La sombra del campanile:
- El sol, ahora ya bajo en el horizonte, favorecía la maniobra del energúmeno deslumbrando la visión de los dos guardias, que estaban justo contra el sol con respecto a la escena que en poco tiempo terminaría.
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- (transitive, figuratively) to dazzle, amaze
- Synonym: encandilar
- 1993, Carmen Sanz Ayán, Sevilla y el comercio de Indias, page 44:
- Sus tiendas de lujo deslumbraron a los viajeros de la época
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- 2017 September 3, “Clara Wieck: una virtuosa de la música… y del amor”, in La Nacion[1]:
- A los 8 años ya se presentaba en las principales ciudades alemanas y a los 11 deslumbró a todo París con su prodigioso talento: los parisinos no eran fáciles de impresionar: estaban acostumbrados a los fuegos de artificio pianísticos de Liszt y Chopin, y a la mefistofélica prestidigitación de Paganini.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of deslumbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of deslumbrar
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “deslumbrar”, 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
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