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fulgurar

Portuguese, verb/fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/

fulgurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fulgurate, to glow, to flare, to flash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cintilar”.

What does fulgurar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    datedto fulgurate, to glow, to flare, to flash

  2. 2

    to stand out (to be noticeable among many)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. cintilar 2. emitir fulgor 3. resplandecer, fulgir, reluzir 4. relampejar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fulgurar

  • fulguro first-person present singular
  • fulgurei first-person preterite singular
  • fulgurado participle past
  • fulgurares infinitive second-person singular
  • fulgurarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • fulgurardes infinitive plural second-person
  • fulgurarem infinitive plural third-person
  • fulgurando gerund
  • fulgurados masculine participle past
  • fulgurada feminine participle past
  • fulguradas feminine participle past
  • fulguras indicative present second-person
  • fulgura indicative present singular
  • fulguramos first-person indicative plural
  • fulgurais indicative plural present
  • fulguram indicative plural present
  • fulgurava first-person imperfect indicative
  • fulguravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fulgurar?

  • Brazil /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.