ennegrecer

v.

1 to blacken (poner negro).

La bergamota ennegrece el cabello Bergamot blackens the hair.

El egoísmo ennegrece el alma Selfishness blackens the soul.

2 to darken.

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ennegrecer

Conjugation model [AGRADECER], like {{link=agradecer}}agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to blacken, turn black

► verbo pronominal ennegrecerse

1 to turn black, go black

2 figurado to get dark, darken

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verb

to blacken

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1.

VT (=poner negro) to blacken; (=oscurecer) to darken; (=teñir) to dye black

2.

VI

See:

ennegrecerse

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1.

verbo transitivo (poner negro) to blacken; (oscurecer) to darken

la noticia ennegreció la jornada — the news cast a shadow over the day

2.

ennegrecerse v pron

a) (ponerse negro) to go black

b) (ponerse oscuro) cielo/nubes to darken, go dark; plata to tarnish

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= blacken.

Ex. Villagers must share their island with a volcano, an active, smoking one that soils clothes hanging on the clothesline and in winter blackens the snow.

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1.

verbo transitivo (poner negro) to blacken; (oscurecer) to darken

la noticia ennegreció la jornada — the news cast a shadow over the day

2.

ennegrecerse v pron

a) (ponerse negro) to go black

b) (ponerse oscuro) cielo/nubes to darken, go dark; plata to tarnish

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= blacken.

Ex: Villagers must share their island with a volcano, an active, smoking one that soils clothes hanging on the clothesline and in winter blackens the snow.

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ennegrecer [E3 ]

vt

1 (poner negro) to blacken

salió con la cara ennegrecida de hollín he emerged with his face black with soot

2 (oscurecer) to darken

la noticia ennegreció la jornada the news cast a shadow o a pall over the day

■ ennegrecerse

v pron

1 (ponerse negro) to go black

2 (ponerse oscuro) «cielo/nubes» to darken, go dark; «plata» to tarnish

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ennegrecer (conjugate ennegrecer) verbo transitivo (poner negro) to blacken;
(oscurecer) to darken
ennegrecerse verbo pronominal

a) (ponerse negro) to go black

b) (ponerse oscuro) [cielo/nubes] to darken, go dark;

[plata] to tarnish
ennegrecer vtr, ennegrecerse verbo reflexivo to blacken, turn black
'ennegrecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ennegrecerse
English:
black
- blacken

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ennegrecer

♦ vt

1. [poner negro] to blacken

2. [oscurecer] to darken

♦ vi

to darken

♦ See also the pronominal verb ennegrecerse

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ennegrecer

v/t blacken

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ennegrecer {53} vt

: to blacken, to darken

♦ See also the reflexive verb ennegrecerse