destello

See also: destelló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /desˈteʝo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desˈteʝo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /desˈteʎo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desˈteʃo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desˈteʒo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝo

• Rhymes: -eʝo
• Rhymes: -eʎo
• Rhymes: -eʃo
• Rhymes: -eʒo

• Syllabification: des‧te‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from destellar (“to sparkle”).

Noun

destello m (plural destellos)

1. sparkling
2. sparkle

   Synonym: chispa

   • (Can we date this quote?), Amalia Bautista, Cuando mis ojos vieron las salinas mi boca pensó en ti:

     Corremos tan deprisa como el viento / y vamos a escondernos jadeantes / detrás de las salinas. En tus ojos / se reflejan destellos de la sal / y en los míos el miedo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. flash (of light)

Derived terms

• lanzadestellos

 

Etymology 2

Verb

destello

1. first-person singular present indicative of destellar

Further reading

• “destello”, 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