fulgid is the plural of the word fulgido, which means that which emits or reflects light, or which shines, which shines. That is, glowing is used to describe something that shines significantly, in a way that attracts attention.
The term is an adjective that comes from the Latin glow, whose meaning is “to emit much light, to shine with light of great intensity”.
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In Portuguese, the transitive verb glow, which gives rise to the word fulgido, means shine. In a figurative sense, it can acquire the meaning of standing out, illuminating or highlighting.
The best-known application of the term “fúlgidos” in Brazil is the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem, specifically in the verse “And the sun of freedom, in brilliant rays, shone in the sky of the Homeland at that moment…”
This phrase refers to the celebration of freedom in Brazil after centuries of colonialism. The “sun of freedom”, which shone with its “full rays”, represents the independence of Brazil, which was finally freeing itself from Portugal’s domain, after the “resounding cry” of Dom Pedro I.
In the composition, written by Joaquim Osório Duque-Estrada, the poet used the expression “rays of light” to describe the “sun of freedom” in order to avoid repetition, making the hymn more eloquent. As the next word is “shine”, using the expression “bright rays” would impoverish the lyrics.
They are synonyms of glowing: brilliant, shimmering, radiant, blazing, resplendent, gleaming, glowing, gleaming.