Italian

rifulgere

verb

Splendere intensamente o emanare una luce viva e brillante.

English: to shine or glow [auxiliary essere or avere] (but the composed tenses are uncommon)

  • […] ei visita all’alba Le lor ime correnti, desioso Di più freschi lavacri, onde rifulga Sovra le piume sue nitido il Sole. — At dawn, he visits their deep currents, longing for fresher basins, so that the Sun might shine clear on his feathers.
  • l'amore brillava negli occhi di Berta, che non avevano rifulso mai così belli. — Love was glowing in Berta's eyes, which never had shined so brightly
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