brillo

Clipping of brilliant +‎ -o.

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• Rhymes: -ɪləʊ

brillo (comparative more brillo, superlative most brillo)

1. (slang) Brilliant; excellent.

brillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of brillar

brillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of brillar

• IPA^(key): /ˈbril.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: brìl‧lo

Deverbal from brillare +‎ -o.

brillo (feminine brilla, masculine plural brilli, feminine plural brille)

1. tipsy, drunk

brillo m (plural brilli) (rare)

1. sparkle, glitter, shine
2. a bird's fast wingbeats

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek βρύλλον (brúllon).

brillo m (plural brilli)

1. (regional) regional name of several willow plants, especially Salix purpurea

• brillo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• brillo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• brillo³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• brolli

• Syllabification: bri‧llo

Deverbal from brillar.

brillo m (plural brillos)

1. shine, glow, radiance
2. brightness, brilliance, shininess, éclat
3. sheen, luster, gleam, glitter, gloss, sparkle, glistening, glint

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of brillar

• “brillo”, 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