cintilar
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Cf. also centelhar, possibly an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cin‧ti‧lar
Verb edit
cintilar (first-person singular present cintilo, first-person singular preterite cintilei, past participle cintilado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cintilar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Cf. also centellar, possibly an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θintiˈlaɾ/ [θĩn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sintiˈlaɾ/ [sĩn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cin‧ti‧lar
Verb edit
cintilar (first-person singular present cintilo, first-person singular preterite cintilé, past participle cintilado)
- to scintillate
- Synonym: centellear
- to shine (to reflect light)
- Synonym: brillar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cintilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cintilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014