fulgir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgēre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuwˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯ˈʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuwˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯ˈʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fuwˈʒi(ɾ)/ [fuʊ̯ˈʒi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuwˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯ˈʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuwˈʒi(ɻ)/ [fuʊ̯ˈʒi(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fulˈʒiɾ/ [fuɫˈʒiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fulˈʒiɾ/ [fuɫˈʒiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fulˈʒi.ɾi/ [fuɫˈʒi.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ful‧gir

Verb

fulgir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite fulgi, past participle fulgido) (Brazil)
fulgir (third-person only, third-person singular present fulge, third-person singular preterite fulgiu, past participle fulgido) (Portugal)

1. (intransitive) to flash
2. (intransitive) to shine, (in)to glow

   Synonym: resplandecer

3. (intransitive, figurative) to stand out

   Synonyms: brilhar, sobressair

4. (transitive) to make shine

Conjugation

Brazil

    Conjugation of fulgir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fulgir
Personal	fulgir	fulgires	fulgir	fulgirmos	fulgirdes	fulgirem
Gerund
	fulgindo
Past participle
Masculine	fulgido			fulgidos
Feminine	fulgida			fulgidas
Indicative
Present	—	—	—	fulgimos	fulgis	—
Imperfect	fulgia	fulgias	fulgia	fulgíamos	fulgíeis	fulgiam
Preterite	fulgi	fulgiste	fulgiu	fulgimos	fulgistes	fulgiram
Pluperfect	fulgira	fulgiras	fulgira	fulgíramos	fulgíreis	fulgiram
Future	fulgirei	fulgirás	fulgirá	fulgiremos	fulgireis	fulgirão
Conditional	fulgiria	fulgirias	fulgiria	fulgiríamos	fulgiríeis	fulgiriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	fulgisse	fulgisses	fulgisse	fulgíssemos	fulgísseis	fulgissem
Future	fulgir	fulgires	fulgir	fulgirmos	fulgirdes	fulgirem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	fulgi	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Portugal

    Conjugation of fulgir (third-person only; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fulgir
Personal	—	—	fulgir	—	—	fulgirem
Gerund
	fulgindo
Past participle
Masculine	fulgido			fulgidos
Feminine	fulgida			fulgidas
Indicative
Present	—	—	fulge	—	—	fulgem
Imperfect	—	—	fulgia	—	—	fulgiam
Preterite	—	—	fulgiu	—	—	fulgiram
Pluperfect	—	—	fulgira	—	—	fulgiram
Future	—	—	fulgirá	—	—	fulgirão
Conditional	—	—	fulgiria	—	—	fulgiriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	fulja	—	—	fuljam
Imperfect	—	—	fulgisse	—	—	fulgissem
Future	—	—	fulgir	—	—	fulgirem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

References

• “fulgir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “fulgir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “fulgir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fulgēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fulˈxiɾ/ [fulˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ful‧gir

Verb

fulgir (first-person singular present fuljo, first-person singular preterite fulgí, past participle fulgido)

1. to shine

   Synonym: resplandecer

2. to glow

   Synonyms: fulgurar, brillar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fulgir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fulgir
gerund			fulgiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fulgido		fulgida
		plural		fulgidos		fulgidas
		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	fuljo	fulgestú fulgísvos	fulge	fulgimos	fulgís	fulgen
	imperfect	fulgía	fulgías	fulgía	fulgíamos	fulgíais	fulgían
	preterite	fulgí	fulgiste	fulgió	fulgimos	fulgisteis	fulgieron
	future	fulgiré	fulgirás	fulgirá	fulgiremos	fulgiréis	fulgirán
	conditional	fulgiría	fulgirías	fulgiría	fulgiríamos	fulgiríais	fulgirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fulja	fuljastú fuljásvos2	fulja	fuljamos	fuljáis	fuljan
	imperfect (ra)	fulgiera	fulgieras	fulgiera	fulgiéramos	fulgierais	fulgieran
	imperfect (se)	fulgiese	fulgieses	fulgiese	fulgiésemos	fulgieseis	fulgiesen
	future1	fulgiere	fulgieres	fulgiere	fulgiéremos	fulgiereis	fulgieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fulgetú fulgívos	fulja	fuljamos	fulgid	fuljan
	negative		no fuljas	no fulja	no fuljamos	no fuljáis	no fuljan

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

Further reading

• “fulgir”, 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