overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

fulgir.

to flash

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/fuwˈʒi(ʁ)/Brazil[fuʊ̯ˈʒi(h)]Brazil/fuwˈʒi(ɾ)/São-Paulo[fuʊ̯ˈʒi(ɾ)]São-Paulo

  1. to flash

    Brazil · Portugal · intransitive · third-person

  2. to shine, (in)to glow

    Brazil · Portugal · intransitive · third-person

  3. to stand out

    Brazil · Portugal · figuratively · intransitive · third-person

  4. to make shine

    Brazil · Portugal · third-person · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥géh₁yeti Proto-Italic *folgēō Latin fulgērebor. Portuguese fulgir Borrowed from Latin fulgēre.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

fulgir has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

fulgir studiofulgir workshello, fulgir

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.