destellar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēstillāre (“to distil, trickle”). Compare the borrowed doublet destilar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /desteˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desteˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /desteˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desteˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desteˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧te‧llar

Verb

destellar (first-person singular present destello, first-person singular preterite destellé, past participle destellado)

1. to sparkle, twinkle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			destellar
gerund			destellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		destellado		destellada
		plural		destellados		destelladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	destello	destellastú destellásvos	destella	destellamos	destelláis	destellan
	imperfect	destellaba	destellabas	destellaba	destellábamos	destellabais	destellaban
	preterite	destellé	destellaste	destelló	destellamos	destellasteis	destellaron
	future	destellaré	destellarás	destellará	destellaremos	destellaréis	destellarán
	conditional	destellaría	destellarías	destellaría	destellaríamos	destellaríais	destellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	destelle	destellestú destellésvos2	destelle	destellemos	destelléis	destellen
	imperfect (ra)	destellara	destellaras	destellara	destelláramos	destellarais	destellaran
	imperfect (se)	destellase	destellases	destellase	destellásemos	destellaseis	destellasen
	future1	destellare	destellares	destellare	destelláremos	destellareis	destellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		destellatú destellávos	destelle	destellemos	destellad	destellen
	negative		no destelles	no destelle	no destellemos	no destelléis	no destellen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• destello

 

Further reading

• “destellar”, 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