brillante
/bɾiˈʝante/ · A2 · adj
bright, brilliant, lustrous, shiny, glowing, sparkly, glittering, glossy
💎 brillante = brillar (to shine) + -ante (doing it): the shining one
Same word as English brilliant, both from French briller, to shine. Spanish ll is a y-sound: bree-YAN-teh. As a noun, un brillante is a cut diamond, the stone that shines; as praise, it means outstanding.