No. 14,393 in Spanish
vislumbrar
To glimpse or to discern vaguely.
In a sentence
Puedo vislumbrar una solución a este problema.
I can glimpse a solution to this problem.
Here 'vislumbrar' means to perceive or foresee vaguely or with partial understanding.
Vislumbramos las luces de la costa desde el barco.
We glimpsed the lights of the coast from the ship.
In this sentence, 'vislumbrar' is also used to denote seeing or perceiving faintly, with a focus on physical sight.
Él comenzó a vislumbrar un cambio en su manera de pensar.
He began to glimpse a change in his way of thinking.
Here, 'vislumbrar' expresses an emerging recognition or understanding of a mental or abstract matter.
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