fulminar

Borrowed from Latin fulmināre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ful.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ful.miˈnaɾ]

fulminar (first-person singular present fulmino, first-person singular preterite fulminí, past participle fulminat)

1. (transitive) (of lightning) to strike
2. (transitive, figurative) to strike down

   Synonym: llampar

3. (intransitive) to lightning

   Synonym: llampegar

• fulminador
• fulminat
• fulminatori

• “fulminar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “fulminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fulminar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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fulminar

1. to strike down

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.

Borrowed from Latin fulmināre, from Latin fulmen.

• IPA^(key): /fulmiˈnaɾ/ [ful.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ful‧mi‧nar

fulminar (first-person singular present fulmino, first-person singular preterite fulminé, past participle fulminado)

1. (transitive) to strike down
   • 2021 July 14, Juan Sanguino, “Curvas y músculos pero nada de sexo: por qué los héroes de Hollywood han abrazado el celibato”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 15 July 2021:

     Ese “género indeterminado” del que habla Almodóvar podría deberse a que […] lo único que se le ha ocurrido a Marvel es fulminar la libido de todos sus superhéroes por igual.

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• “fulminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024