- destello
- m.1 sparkle.2 glimmer.un destello de ironía a hint of irony3 twinkle, sparkle, glitter.4 flash, flash of light.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: destellar.* * *destello► nombre masculino1 (resplandor) sparkle, flash; (brillo) gleam, shine2 figurado (atisbo) glimmer, flash■ a pesar de su enfermedad tiene destellos de lucidez despite his illness he can be lucid at times* * *noun m.flash, sparkle* * *SM1) (=brillo) [de diamante, ojos] sparkle; [de metal] glint; [de estrella] twinkling2) (Téc) signal light3) (=pizca) glimmer, hint
tiene a veces destellos de inteligencia — he sometimes shows a glimmer of intelligence
no tiene un destello de verdad — there's not an atom of truth in it
* * *masculinoa) (de estrella) twinkle, sparkle; (de brillante, joya) sparkle, glitteren un destello de lucidez — in a flash of lucidity
hay un destello de maldad en sus ojos — he has an evil gleam in his eyes
b) (fam) (indicio, atisbo) atom (colloq)no hay un destello de sensatez en eso — there isn't an ounce o an atom of sense in it (colloq)
* * *= glitter.Ex. Junctionville established itself early as an ordinary manufacturing city, a city without glitter or charm.* * *masculinoa) (de estrella) twinkle, sparkle; (de brillante, joya) sparkle, glitteren un destello de lucidez — in a flash of lucidity
hay un destello de maldad en sus ojos — he has an evil gleam in his eyes
b) (fam) (indicio, atisbo) atom (colloq)no hay un destello de sensatez en eso — there isn't an ounce o an atom of sense in it (colloq)
* * *= glitter.Ex: Junctionville established itself early as an ordinary manufacturing city, a city without glitter or charm.
* * *destellomasculine1 (de una estrella) twinkle, sparkle; (de un brillante, una joya) sparkle, glitter2 (fam) (indicio, atisbo) atom (colloq)no hay un destello de sensatez en todo lo que ha dicho there isn't an ounce o an atom of sense in anything he's said (colloq)* * *
Del verbo destellar: (conjugate destellar)
destello es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
destelló es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
destellar
destello
destelló
destellar (conjugate destellar) verbo intransitivo [brillante/joya] to sparkle, glitter;
[estrella] to twinkle, sparkle
destello sustantivo masculino (de estrella) twinkle, sparkle;
(de brillante, joya) sparkle, glitter
destellar verbo transitivo to twinkle, sparkle: las luces de la costa destellaban por la noche, the lights along the coast sparkled at night
destello sustantivo masculino flash, sparkle
'destello' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
refleja
- reflejo
- relumbrón
English:
flare
- flash
- flicker
- gleam
- glint
- sparkle
- glitter
* * *destello nm1. [de diamante] sparkle;[de metal] glint; [de estrella] twinkle;el diamante lanzaba destellos the diamond sparkled2. [manifestación momentánea]un destello de esperanza a glimmer of hope;un partido con destellos de buen fútbol a match with the odd moment of good football;un destello de ironía a hint of irony* * *destellom de estrella twinkling; de faros gleam; figbrief period, moment* * *destello nm1) : flash, sparkle, twinkle2) : glimmer, hint* * *destello n1. (en general) sparkle2. (de ingenio) spark / flash
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.