Meanings (ES + gloss)
brillo
Brightness from a source of light.
the distant shine of the celestial city
brillo
Brightness from reflected light.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
brillar • lucir
To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from…
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
brillar • sobresalir
To distinguish oneself; to excel.
My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.
“[…] I was grateful to you for giving him a year’s schooling—where he shined at it—and for putting him as a clerk in your counting-house, where he shined still more.”
alumbrar
To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
As Jenks shined the large spotlight on the water, he saw a few bubbles and four long wakes leading away from an expanding circle of blood.
I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.
Phrases
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