vislumbrar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vislumbrar, from Latin vix lūmināre (“barely illuminate”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viz.lũˈbɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /viʒ.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viʒ.lũˈbɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viz.lũˈbɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /viʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/
- Hyphenation: vis‧lum‧brar
Verb
vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbrei, past participle vislumbrado)
- to glimpse
Conjugation
Conjugation of vislumbrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | vislumbrar | |||||
| Personal | vislumbrar | vislumbrares | vislumbrar | vislumbrarmos | vislumbrardes | vislumbrarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| vislumbrando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | vislumbrado | vislumbrados | ||||
| Feminine | vislumbrada | vislumbradas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | vislumbro | vislumbras | vislumbra | vislumbramos | vislumbrais | vislumbram |
| Imperfect | vislumbrava | vislumbravas | vislumbrava | vislumbrávamos | vislumbráveis | vislumbravam |
| Preterite | vislumbrei | vislumbraste | vislumbrou | vislumbramos1, vislumbrámos2 | vislumbrastes | vislumbraram |
| Pluperfect | vislumbrara | vislumbraras | vislumbrara | vislumbráramos | vislumbráreis | vislumbraram |
| Future | vislumbrarei | vislumbrarás | vislumbrará | vislumbraremos | vislumbrareis | vislumbrarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| vislumbraria | vislumbrarias | vislumbraria | vislumbraríamos | vislumbraríeis | vislumbrariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | vislumbre | vislumbres | vislumbre | vislumbremos | vislumbreis | vislumbrem |
| Imperfect | vislumbrasse | vislumbrasses | vislumbrasse | vislumbrássemos | vislumbrásseis | vislumbrassem |
| Future | vislumbrar | vislumbrares | vislumbrar | vislumbrarmos | vislumbrardes | vislumbrarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | vislumbra | vislumbre | vislumbremos | vislumbrai | vislumbrem | |
| Negative (não) | não vislumbres | não vislumbre | não vislumbremos | não vislumbreis | não vislumbrem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- vislumbre
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vix luminare (“barely illuminate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bislumˈbɾaɾ/ [bis.lũmˈbɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: vis‧lum‧brar
Verb
vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbré, past participle vislumbrado)
- (transitive) to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light
- (transitive) to glimpse, barely see, see at a distance
- vislumbrar el fin ― to glimpse the end
Conjugation
Conjugation of vislumbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | vislumbrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | vislumbrando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | vislumbrado | vislumbrada | |||||
| plural | vislumbrados | vislumbradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | vislumbro | vislumbrastú vislumbrásvos | vislumbra | vislumbramos | vislumbráis | vislumbran | |
| imperfect | vislumbraba | vislumbrabas | vislumbraba | vislumbrábamos | vislumbrabais | vislumbraban | |
| preterite | vislumbré | vislumbraste | vislumbró | vislumbramos | vislumbrasteis | vislumbraron | |
| future | vislumbraré | vislumbrarás | vislumbrará | vislumbraremos | vislumbraréis | vislumbrarán | |
| conditional | vislumbraría | vislumbrarías | vislumbraría | vislumbraríamos | vislumbraríais | vislumbrarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | vislumbre | vislumbrestú vislumbrésvos2 | vislumbre | vislumbremos | vislumbréis | vislumbren | |
| imperfect (ra) | vislumbrara | vislumbraras | vislumbrara | vislumbráramos | vislumbrarais | vislumbraran | |
| imperfect (se) | vislumbrase | vislumbrases | vislumbrase | vislumbrásemos | vislumbraseis | vislumbrasen | |
| future1 | vislumbrare | vislumbrares | vislumbrare | vislumbráremos | vislumbrareis | vislumbraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | vislumbratú vislumbrávos | vislumbre | vislumbremos | vislumbrad | vislumbren | ||
| negative | no vislumbres | no vislumbre | no vislumbremos | no vislumbréis | no vislumbren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of vislumbrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive vislumbrar | |||||||
| dative | vislumbrarme | vislumbrarte | vislumbrarle, vislumbrarse | vislumbrarnos | vislumbraros | vislumbrarles, vislumbrarse | |
| accusative | vislumbrarme | vislumbrarte | vislumbrarlo, vislumbrarla, vislumbrarse | vislumbrarnos | vislumbraros | vislumbrarlos, vislumbrarlas, vislumbrarse | |
| with gerund vislumbrando | |||||||
| dative | vislumbrándome | vislumbrándote | vislumbrándole, vislumbrándose | vislumbrándonos | vislumbrándoos | vislumbrándoles, vislumbrándose | |
| accusative | vislumbrándome | vislumbrándote | vislumbrándolo, vislumbrándola, vislumbrándose | vislumbrándonos | vislumbrándoos | vislumbrándolos, vislumbrándolas, vislumbrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative vislumbra | |||||||
| dative | vislúmbrame | vislúmbrate | vislúmbrale | vislúmbranos | not used | vislúmbrales | |
| accusative | vislúmbrame | vislúmbrate | vislúmbralo, vislúmbrala | vislúmbranos | not used | vislúmbralos, vislúmbralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative vislumbrá | |||||||
| dative | vislumbrame | vislumbrate | vislumbrale | vislumbranos | not used | vislumbrales | |
| accusative | vislumbrame | vislumbrate | vislumbralo, vislumbrala | vislumbranos | not used | vislumbralos, vislumbralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative vislumbre | |||||||
| dative | vislúmbreme | not used | vislúmbrele, vislúmbrese | vislúmbrenos | not used | vislúmbreles | |
| accusative | vislúmbreme | not used | vislúmbrelo, vislúmbrela, vislúmbrese | vislúmbrenos | not used | vislúmbrelos, vislúmbrelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative vislumbremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | vislumbrémoste | vislumbrémosle | vislumbrémonos | vislumbrémoos | vislumbrémosles | |
| accusative | not used | vislumbrémoste | vislumbrémoslo, vislumbrémosla | vislumbrémonos | vislumbrémoos | vislumbrémoslos, vislumbrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative vislumbrad | |||||||
| dative | vislumbradme | not used | vislumbradle | vislumbradnos | vislumbraos | vislumbradles | |
| accusative | vislumbradme | not used | vislumbradlo, vislumbradla | vislumbradnos | vislumbraos | vislumbradlos, vislumbradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative vislumbren | |||||||
| dative | vislúmbrenme | not used | vislúmbrenle | vislúmbrennos | not used | vislúmbrenles, vislúmbrense | |
| accusative | vislúmbrenme | not used | vislúmbrenlo, vislúmbrenla | vislúmbrennos | not used | vislúmbrenlos, vislúmbrenlas, vislúmbrense | |
Descendants
- → Portuguese: vislumbrar
Further reading
- “vislumbrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014