Before entering fully into the meaning of the term glare, we are going to proceed to know its etymological origin. In this case, we have to emphasize that it derives from Latin, specifically from the word "glow", which is the result of the sum of two lexical components of said language:
-The verb "fulgere", which can be translated as "shine".
-The suffix "-or", which is used to indicate "effect and result."
The concept of glare a spark or a shine . The term can be used in a physical sense to refer to a glow , but also in a symbolic way.
For example: "When he reached the top of the mountain and looked up at the sky, the brilliance of the stars surprised him" , "From the first days of March, the summer brilliance begins to fade in this city" , "This diamond It has a particular brilliance .
Among the synonyms of the word in question, we can highlight some such as shine, flash, halo, twinkle or brilliance. On the contrary, among its antonyms there are terms such as darkness.
Stars (especially the sun), incandescent lamps (also called lamps or light bulbs) and spotlights show glare. In certain cases, the glare can be bothersome to the eyes, affecting the eyes.
In its symbolic use, brilliance is used as a synonym for splendor or fury . When a person refers to the brilliance of something, they are referring to its high degree of intensity or its peak .
The Christmas glow , to name one example, is reached in December. In this month all the activities linked to the Christmas celebration take place, which is why people shop, organize meetings and participate in various ceremonies. During the rest of the year, the Christmas spirit goes unnoticed, but in December it shines.
The brilliance of a football team, meanwhile, occurs at the moment in which the team in question reaches its greatest achievements. Suppose that a club, between 1950 and 1990, won two championships, then won eight between 1991 and 1999 and finally, only one from 2000 to the present. It can be said, given these results, that the club had its brilliance in the '90s.
In addition to everything indicated, we have to emphasize that the term glare has been used on numerous occasions to give titles to cultural works of different types. This would be the case, for example, of the song "Flor que da fulgor", which is part of the soundtrack of the animated film "Enredados" (2010) and is by the artist Dana Paola.
In the same way, there is a novel framed within the noir genre that is precisely titled "Fulgor." It is a book written by Manel Loureiro that takes as its protagonist Casandra, a woman who has an apparently happy life until she suffers a traffic accident that leaves her in a coma for several weeks.
When, almost miraculously, she manages to recover, she realizes that in that time her life has changed and that there is someone who is stalking her and her family.