brillar
Spanish, verb/bɾiˈʝaɾ/
brillar is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener la capacidad de reflejar luz”.
What does brillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine
- 2
to glow
- 3
to sparkle, glisten, glitter, twinkle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener la capacidad de reflejar luz. 2. Emitir luz. 3. Dicho de una persona, sobresalir o destacarse en algún ámbito.
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 brillar
- brillo first-person present singular
- brillé first-person preterite singular
- brillado participle past
- brillando gerund
- brillada feminine participle past
- brillados masculine participle past
- brilladas feminine participle past
- brillas indicative informal present
- brillás indicative informal present
- brilla indicative present singular
- brillamos first-person indicative plural
- brilláis indicative plural present
- brillan indicative plural present
- brillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- brillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- brillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- brillabais imperfect indicative plural
- brillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brillar?
- /bɾiˈʝaɾ/
- [bɾiˈʝaɾ]
- [bɾiˈʎaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brillar in Spanish?
brillar appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).