abrillantar
Spanish, verb/abɾiʝanˈtaɾ/
abrillantar is spelled A-B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrillantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shine, polish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar brillo a un objeto; sacarlo o aumentarlo en ciertas piedras preciosas, especialmente los diamantes y…”.
What does abrillantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine, polish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar brillo a un objeto; sacarlo o aumentarlo en ciertas piedras preciosas, especialmente los diamantes y también en los metales y otras materias duras. 2. Iluminar o dar brillantez. 3. Dar lucimiento o mas valor. 4. Pintar con huevo, mantequilla líquida, jalea o gelatina un plato antes de ser presentado a la mesa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abrillantar
- abrillanto first-person present singular
- abrillanté first-person preterite singular
- abrillantado participle past
- abrillantando gerund
- abrillantada feminine participle past
- abrillantados masculine participle past
- abrillantadas feminine participle past
- abrillantas indicative informal present
- abrillantás indicative informal present
- abrillanta indicative present singular
- abrillantamos first-person indicative plural
- abrillantáis indicative plural present
- abrillantan indicative plural present
- abrillantaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abrillantabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abrillantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abrillantabais imperfect indicative plural
- abrillantaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrillantar?
- /abɾiʝanˈtaɾ/
- [a.β̞ɾi.ʝãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [aβ̞ɾiʝãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abrillantar in Spanish?
abrillantar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).