Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | brillo | |
| tú | brillas | |
| él / ella / usted | brilla | |
| nosotros / nosotras | brillamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | brilláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | brillan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | brillé | |
| tú | brillaste | |
| él / ella / usted | brilló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | brillamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | brillasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | brillaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | brillaba | |
| tú | brillabas | |
| él / ella / usted | brillaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | brillábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | brillabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | brillaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | brillaré | |
| tú | brillarás | |
| él / ella / usted | brillará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | brillaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | brillaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | brillarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | brillaría | |
| tú | brillarías | |
| él / ella / usted | brillaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | brillaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | brillaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | brillarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | brille | |
| tú | brilles | |
| él / ella / usted | brille | |
| nosotros / nosotras | brillemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | brilléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | brillen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to shine
- to glow
- to sparkle, glisten, glitter, twinkle
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations