# vislumbrar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vislumbrar, from Latin vix lūmināre (“barely illuminate”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /viz.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viz.lũˈbɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /viz.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viz.lũˈbɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /viz.lũˈbɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /viʒ.lũˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viʒ.lũˈbɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /viz.lũˈbɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /viʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /viʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /biʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /viʒ.lũˈbɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: vis‧lum‧brar

### Verb

vislumbrar (first-person singular present vislumbro, first-person singular preterite vislumbrei, past participle vislumbrado)
* to glimpse

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* vislumbre

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin vix luminare (“barely illuminate”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 make out (to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light)
* (transitive) to glimpse (to barely see, see at a distance)
    vislumbrar el fin ― to glimpse the end

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | vislumbrar | vislumbrar | vislumbrar | vislumbrar | vislumbrar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | vislumbrando | vislumbrando | vislumbrando | vislumbrando | vislumbrando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | vislumbrado | vislumbrado | vislumbrada | vislumbrada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | vislumbrados | vislumbrados | vislumbradas | vislumbradas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | vislumbro | vislumbras$^{tú}$ vislumbrás$^{vos}$ | vislumbra | vislumbramos | vislumbráis | vislumbran |
| indicative | imperfect | vislumbraba | vislumbrabas | vislumbraba | vislumbrábamos | vislumbrabais | vislumbraban |
| indicative | preterite | vislumbré | vislumbraste | vislumbró | vislumbramos | vislumbrasteis | vislumbraron |
| indicative | future | vislumbraré | vislumbrarás | vislumbrará | vislumbraremos | vislumbraréis | vislumbrarán |
| indicative | conditional | vislumbraría | vislumbrarías | vislumbraría | vislumbraríamos | vislumbraríais | vislumbrarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | vislumbre | vislumbres$^{tú}$ vislumbrés$^{vos2}$ | vislumbre | vislumbremos | vislumbréis | vislumbren |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | vislumbrara | vislumbraras | vislumbrara | vislumbráramos | vislumbrarais | vislumbraran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | vislumbrase | vislumbrases | vislumbrase | vislumbrásemos | vislumbraseis | vislumbrasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | vislumbrare | vislumbrares | vislumbrare | vislumbráremos | vislumbrareis | vislumbraren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | vislumbra$^{tú}$ vislumbrá$^{vos}$ | vislumbre | vislumbremos | vislumbrad | vislumbren |
| imperative | negative | | no vislumbres | no vislumbre | no vislumbremos | no vislumbréis | no vislumbren |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: vislumbrar

### Further reading

* “vislumbrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014