Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
en que lucía su solitario
English translation:
on which he flaunted his diamond solitaire ring
Spanish term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
en que lucía su solitario
Su orgullo de hombre rico ya estaba satisfecho, por lo que, dándose de palmadas en el estómago con la mano en que lucía, como de costumbre, su solitario del tamaño de un garbanzo, repuso con sonrisa de querube...
Mil Gracias,
Barbara
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Feb 6, 2021 12:53: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
on which he flaunted his (diamond) ring
Flaunt
/flɔːnt/
To display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.
Like the rapper in the link below whose bling got blagged...
WARD-winning British rapper Mist was seen flaunting his diamond chains...
Celebrities go the extra mile in flaunting their diamonds ...
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Yvonne Gallagher
: so this says nothing about the size of the solitaire (diamond) which seems to me to be the most important aspect?
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Argentina
🕹️ Spanish (LatAm) Gamer Translator 🕹️
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
in which his solitaire diamond shined
Saludos
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David Hollywood
: right idea but should be "shone" ... "shined" right or wrong doesn't work for me
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You're right, shone is more frequently used with this meaning but it doesn't make shined wrong
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Yvonne Gallagher
: "shined" is wrong here. (When it is transitive, it means “to cause to shine”; the past tense is shined {the caterer shined the silver}.
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Thanks for the feedback
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
in which his solitaire (diamond) sparkled/shone
I prefer sparkled for a diamond
You don't need to say 'diamond' as solitaire is OK on its own
https://www.voltairediamonds.ie/diamond-sparkle/
https://www.diamondnexus.com/blog/diamond-cut-grade/
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-02-02 01:16:17 GMT)
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OOPS should be ON which .
Argentina
Reliable. Computing skills.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
he bore his solitaire (his diamond ring)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-02-02 01:49:35 GMT)
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on which he bore...
United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
boasting a/bedecked with a pea-sized diamond ring
4. m. Diamante grueso que se engasta solo en una joya. (RAE)
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ormiston
: Where do you glean its size?! Ok but absent from posted question
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Please refer to the original sentence in Spanish
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Yvonne Gallagher
: it's not the ring that's pea-sized but the diamond
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Reference comments
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
solitario
https://dle.rae.es/solitario?m=form
| Gracias, Beatriz. Esto me ayuda mucho. |
Discussion
with the hand on which flashed, as usual, his sparkling solitaire (diamond) the size of a chickpea...
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/shine... ("...When talking about lights (sense 4) both are used, but shone is more frequent.")
5. tr. Llevar a la vista, exhibir lo que alguien se ha puesto, normalmente como adorno.
https://dle.rae.es/lucir?m=form
El billante brillaba, por supuesto, pero no es el sujeto de la oración. El sujeto es el hombre que "lucía=exhibía" en su mano un brillante del tamaño de un garbanzo.