reluzir
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.luˈzi(ʁ)/
reluzir is spelled R-E-L-U-Z-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reluzir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to glisten (to reflect light with a glittering luster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “brilhar muito”.
What does reluzir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glisten (to reflect light with a glittering luster)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. brilhar muito 2. resplandecer 3. cintilar
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 reluzir
- reluzo first-person present singular
- reluzi first-person preterite singular
- reluzido participle past
- reluzires infinitive second-person singular
- reluzirmos first-person infinitive plural
- reluzirdes infinitive plural second-person
- reluzirem infinitive plural third-person
- reluzindo gerund
- reluzidos masculine participle past
- reluzida feminine participle past
- reluzidas feminine participle past
- reluzes indicative present second-person
- reluz indicative present singular
- reluzimos first-person indicative plural
- reluzis indicative plural present
- reluzem indicative plural present
- reluzia first-person imperfect indicative
- reluzias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reluzir?
- Brazil /ʁe.luˈzi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.luˈzi(h)]
- /ʁe.luˈzi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reluzir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reluzir in Portuguese?
reluzir appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).