balenare
Meaning
- (impersonal, intransitive) to flash with lightning
- (intransitive, personal, rare) to flash with lightning (of the sky)
- (intransitive) to flash like lightning
- (figuratively, intransitive) to appear suddenly (of thoughts and ideas)
Synonyms
Translations
briller
centellejar
bliksemen
brillar intermitentementeHyphenated as
ba‧le‧nà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.leˈna.re/
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from balena (“whale”), due to a popular habit of indicating atmospherical phenomena using the names of sea monsters + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
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