deslumbrar
Spanish, verb/deslumˈbɾaɾ/
deslumbrar is spelled D-E-S-L-U-M-B-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deslumbrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dazzle, to blind temporarily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ofuscar la vista o confundirla con la demasiada luz”.
What does deslumbrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dazzle, to blind temporarily
- 2
to dazzle, amaze
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ofuscar la vista o confundirla con la demasiada luz. 2. Dejar a uno dudoso, incierto y confuso, de suerte que no conozca el verdadero designio o intento de otro. 3. Producir impresión con estudiado exceso de lujo.
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 deslumbrar
- deslumbro first-person present singular
- deslumbré first-person preterite singular
- deslumbrado participle past
- deslumbrando gerund
- deslumbrada feminine participle past
- deslumbrados masculine participle past
- deslumbradas feminine participle past
- deslumbras indicative informal present
- deslumbrás indicative informal present
- deslumbra indicative present singular
- deslumbramos first-person indicative plural
- deslumbráis indicative plural present
- deslumbran indicative plural present
- deslumbraba first-person imperfect indicative
- deslumbrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- deslumbrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- deslumbrabais imperfect indicative plural
- deslumbraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deslumbrar?
- /deslumˈbɾaɾ/
- [d̪es.lũmˈbɾaɾ]
- [d̪eslũmˈbɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deslumbrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deslumbrar in Spanish?
deslumbrar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).