# fulgurar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ful.ɣuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ful.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧rar

### Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurí, past participle fulgurat)
* (intransitive) to fulgurate, to emit beams of light
* (intransitive) to twinkle, to scintillate

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “fulgurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “fulgurar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fulgurar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fulgurāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fulɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /fulɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /fulħuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ħuˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: ful‧gu‧rar

### Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurei, past participle fulgurado)
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#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “fulgurar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ɾ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fuw.ɡuˈɾa(ɻ)/ [fuʊ̯.ɡuˈɾa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ful.ɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ful.ɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fuɫ.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ful.ɡuˈɾa.ɾi/ [fuɫ.ɣuˈɾa.ɾi]

### Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulgurei, past participle fulgurado)
* (dated, poetic) to fulgurate, to glow, to flare, to flash
** 1909, “Brazilian National Anthem”, Osório Duque-Estrada (lyrics):Fulguras, ó Brasil, florão da América!Thou flashes, o Brazil, crocket of America!
* (figuratively) to stand out (to be noticeable among many)
    Synonyms: sobressair, destacar — both reflexive

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulgurāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fulɡuˈɾaɾ/ [ful.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ful‧gu‧rar

### Verb

fulgurar (first-person singular present fulguro, first-person singular preterite fulguré, past participle fulgurado)
* to fulgurate
* to glow
    Synonyms: fulgir, brillar, resplandecer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* fulguración

#### Related terms

* fulgor
* fulguroso
* fulminar

### Further reading

* “fulgurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10