resplandecer
Portuguese, verb/ʁes.plɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/
resplandecer is spelled R-E-S-P-L-A-N-D-E-C-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resplandecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shine (to emit light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “brilhar intensamente”.
What does resplandecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine (to emit light)
- 2
to excel (to be much better than others)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. brilhar intensamente 2. rutilar
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 resplandecer
- resplandeço first-person present singular
- resplandeci first-person preterite singular
- resplandecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- resplandeceres infinitive second-person singular
- resplandecermos first-person infinitive plural
- resplandecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- resplandecerem infinitive plural third-person
- resplandecendo gerund
- resplandecidos masculine participle past
- resplandecida feminine participle past
- resplandecidas feminine participle past
- resplandeces indicative present second-person
- resplandece indicative present singular
- resplandecemos first-person indicative plural
- resplandeceis indicative plural present
- resplandecem indicative plural present
- resplandecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resplandecer?
- Brazil /ʁes.plɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hes.plɐ̃.deˈse(h)]
- /ʁes.plɐ̃.deˈse(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 resplandecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resplandecer in Portuguese?
resplandecer appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).