destello
See also: destelló
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desˈteʝo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /desˈteʎo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /desˈteʃo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /desˈteʒo/ [d̪esˈt̪e.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: des‧te‧llo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from destellar (“to sparkle”).
Noun
destello m (plural destellos)
- sparkling
- sparkle
- Synonym: chispa
- (Can we date this quote?), Amalia Bautista, Cuando mis ojos vieron las salinas mi boca pensó en ti:
- Corremos tan deprisa como el viento / y vamos a escondernos jadeantes / detrás de las salinas. En tus ojos / se reflejan destellos de la sal / y en los míos el miedo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- flash (of light)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
destello
- first-person singular present indicative of destellar
Further reading
- “destello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025