brillaron

Brillaron is a Spanish verb form that serves as the third-person plural preterite indicative of the verb brillar, which means to shine or to glitter. It is used to describe a completed action in the past performed by ellos, ellas, or ustedes. The verb brillar is regular in the preterite, so the endings for -ar verbs apply: -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron. Therefore brillaron follows the standard pattern for regular -ar verbs in the pretérito indefinido.

In usage, brillaron appears in narratives to indicate that multiple subjects shone or stood out at a specific past moment. It can be applied literally, as in shining light, or metaphorically, to describe things that stood out or achieved distinction. Examples include: “Las estrellas brillaron toda la noche,” meaning the stars shone all night, and “Las noticias brillaron por su claridad,” meaning the news stood out for its clarity.

Brillaron is commonly used with time-marking adverbs such as ayer, anoche, o durante, which situate the action in the past. The form is generally straightforward for learners because brillar behaves like a regular -ar verb in the preterite, without irregular stems or accents in this tense.

Translations of brillaron center on the English past tense “they shone” or, in context, “they glittered” or “they stood out.” The term appears in literary, journalistic, and everyday Spanish to convey past instances of brightness, excellence, or prominence by multiple subjects.