brillo
Spanish, noun
brillo is spelled B-R-I-L-L-O (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shine, glow, radiance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of brillar. With an accent, brilló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of brillar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Luz emitida por un objeto”.
What does brillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshine, glow, radiance
- 2
masculinebrightness, brilliance, shininess, éclat
- 3
masculinesheen, luster, gleam, glitter, gloss, sparkle, glistening, glint
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of brillar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of brillar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Luz emitida por un objeto. 2. Luz reflejada por un objeto. 3. Hecho que destaca o sobresale por sus méritos. 4. Diversión propia de los jóvenes, frecuentemente con connotación de aventura amorosa.
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 brillo
- brillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brillo in Spanish?
brillo appears 9.8 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).