twinkle

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
2. To be bright with delight.
3. To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
4. To flit to and fro.

Noun

1. A sparkle or glimmer of light.
2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
3. A flitting movement.
4. (colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
5. (childish) The female genitalia.

Conceptos

centellear

titilar

brillar

relampaguear

parpadear

destellar

❇️

destello

parpadeo

pestañear

relumbrar

titilación

titillar

brillar intermitentemente

chispa

guiñar

😉

instante

centelleo

chispear

Sinónimos

sparkle

❇️

glitter

flicker

flash

blink

shine

wink

😉

glimmer

shimmer

gleam

glisten

scintillate

glint

scintillation

winkle

glare

glow

spark

sparkling

radiate

light

flare

glimpse

flutter

lighten

glimpses

twinkling

spangle

close the eyes

gilmmer

glitte

contract the eyelids

blinking twinkling

beam

give signal

blaze

blinking

brilliant

close

coruscate

dance

💃

dazzle

emit

flame

flashing

flick

fulminate

glance

gleaming

gutter

Traducciones

funkeln

❇️

scintiller

❇️

glitzern

blitzen

brillare

briller

glänzen

clignoter

cintilar

fonkelen

centellejar

étinceler

scintillement

ciller

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: twinclen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: twinclian

Cognado con alemán: zwinkern

In summary

From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).