destellar
Spanish, verb/desteˈʝaɾ/
destellar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sparkle, twinkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Despedir destellos o emitir rayos, chispazos o ráfagas de luz, generalmente intensos y de breve duración”.
What does destellar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sparkle, twinkle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Despedir destellos o emitir rayos, chispazos o ráfagas de luz, generalmente intensos y de breve duración.
verb: 1. Variante obsoleta de destilar.
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 destellar
- destello first-person present singular
- destellé first-person preterite singular
- destellado participle past
- destellando gerund
- destellada feminine participle past
- destellados masculine participle past
- destelladas feminine participle past
- destellas indicative informal present
- destellás indicative informal present
- destella indicative present singular
- destellamos first-person indicative plural
- destelláis indicative plural present
- destellan indicative plural present
- destellaba first-person imperfect indicative
- destellabas imperfect indicative second-person
- destellábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- destellabais imperfect indicative plural
- destellaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destellar?
- /desteˈʝaɾ/
- [d̪es.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
- [d̪est̪eˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destellar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destellar in Spanish?
destellar appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).