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escintilar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • glimmer noun A faint, unsteady light.
  • glitter noun Tiny, shiny decorative particles, or a sparkling light.
  • shimmer verb To shine with a soft, faint, flickering light.
  • sparkle noun A small flash of light, or a general quality of shining brightness.
  • twinkle verb To shine with a flickering, sparkling light.

Senses

escintilar is used for these senses in English:

  • glimmer (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
  • glitter To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
  • shimmer Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.
  • sparkle (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
  • twinkle (of a source of light) To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.

glimmer — full definition

  1. noun A faint, unsteady light.
  2. verb To shine with a faint, flickering light.

glitter — full definition

  1. noun Tiny, shiny decorative particles, or a sparkling light.
  2. verb To sparkle with bright, flickering light.

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