vislumbrar
Spanish, verb/bislumˈbɾaɾ/
vislumbrar is spelled V-I-S-L-U-M-B-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vislumbrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make out (to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ver tenue o confusamente un objeto por la distancia o falta de luz”.
What does vislumbrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make out (to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light)
- 2
to glimpse (to barely see, see at a distance)
vislumbrar el fin
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ver tenue o confusamente un objeto por la distancia o falta de luz. 2. Conocer imperfectamente o conjeturar por leves indicios una cosa inmaterial.
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 vislumbrar
- vislumbro first-person present singular
- vislumbré first-person preterite singular
- vislumbrado participle past
- vislumbrando gerund
- vislumbrada feminine participle past
- vislumbrados masculine participle past
- vislumbradas feminine participle past
- vislumbras indicative informal present
- vislumbrás indicative informal present
- vislumbra indicative present singular
- vislumbramos first-person indicative plural
- vislumbráis indicative plural present
- vislumbran indicative plural present
- vislumbraba first-person imperfect indicative
- vislumbrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vislumbrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vislumbrabais imperfect indicative plural
- vislumbraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vislumbrar?
- /bislumˈbɾaɾ/
- [bis.lũmˈbɾaɾ]
- [bislũmˈbɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vislumbrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vislumbrar in Spanish?
vislumbrar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).