fulgurante

dazzling

adjective fool-goo-RAHN-teh Rare

Origin: From Latin fulgur (lightning flash)

Also means

meteoric, blazing

Usage Note

Fulgurante describes something brilliantly bright or spectacularly fast — a carrera fulgurante is a meteoric career. It is a formal, literary adjective and appears most often in journalism when describing a sudden rise to fame or a glittering performance. It does not change for gender: un éxito fulgurante, una actuación fulgurante.

Examples

"Tuvo una carrera fulgurante en el mundo del arte."

Natural Translation

She had a dazzling career in the art world.

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