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scintillar

Portuguese, verb

scintillar is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cintilar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide cintilar”.

What does scintillar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cintilar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. vide 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 scintillar

  • scintillo first-person present singular
  • scintillei first-person preterite singular
  • scintillado participle past
  • scintillares infinitive second-person singular
  • scintillarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • scintillardes infinitive plural second-person
  • scintillarem infinitive plural third-person
  • scintillando gerund
  • scintillados masculine participle past
  • scintillada feminine participle past
  • scintilladas feminine participle past
  • scintillas indicative present second-person
  • scintilla indicative present singular
  • scintillamos first-person indicative plural
  • scintillais indicative plural present
  • scintillam indicative plural present
  • scintillava first-person imperfect indicative
  • scintillavas imperfect indicative second-person

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