centelha

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cen‧te‧lha === Etymology 1 === From Spanish centella, from Latin scintilla. ==== Noun ==== centelha f (plural centelhas) sparkle (figuratively) sudden and unexpected intuition (electricity) luminous and momentary electrical discharge that happens inside conductors separated by gas ===== Related terms ===== centelhar cintilar ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== centelha inflection of centelhar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “centelha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “centelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026