fulgurar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ful.ɣuˈɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ful.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧rar

Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurí, past participle fulgurat)

  1. (intransitive) to fulgurate, to emit beams of light
  2. (intransitive) to twinkle, to scintillate

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fulgurāre, present active infinitive of fulgurō.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /fulɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /fulħuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ħuˈɾaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧rar

Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurei, past participle fulgurado)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ɾ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ɻ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈɾa.ɾi/ [fuɫ.ɣuˈɾa.ɾi]

Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurei, past participle fulgurado)

  1. (dated, poetic) to fulgurate, to glow, to flare, to flash
    • 1909, “Brazilian National Anthem”, Osório Duque-Estrada (lyrics):
      Fulguras, ó Brasil, florão da América!
      Thou flashes, o Brazil, crocket of America!
  2. (figuratively) to stand out (to be noticeable among many)
    Synonyms: sobressair, destacar (both reflexive)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fulɡuˈɾaɾ/ [ful.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ful‧gu‧rar

Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulguré, past participle fulgurado)

  1. to fulgurate
  2. to glow
    Synonyms: fulgir, brillar, resplandecer

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