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a·glow

 (ə-glō′)
adv. & adj.
In a glow; glowing.
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aglow

(əˈɡləʊ)
adj
(postpositive) glowing
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•glow

(əˈgloʊ)

adj.
glowing.
[1810–20]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.aglow - softly bright or radiantaglow - softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
lambent, lucent, luminous
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
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Translations

aglow

[əˈgləʊ] ADJ → radiante, brillante
to be aglow with → brillar de
to be aglow with happiness → irradiar felicidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

aglow

[əˈgləʊ] adj
[sky] → embrasé(e)
[person, face] → rayonnant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

aglow

adj pred to be aglow (sky, fire, face) → glühen; the sun set the mountains/sky aglow → die Sonne ließ die Berge/den Himmel erglühen or brachte die Berge/den Himmel zum Glühen; to be aglow with happiness/health → vor Glück/Gesundheit strahlen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

aglow

[əˈgləʊ] adj (liter) (sky, mountains) → splendente (fig) (person) → raggiante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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