anochecer

m.

dusk, nightfall.

al anochecer at dusk

v.

1 to get dark.

anochecía it was getting dark

2 to grow dark, to become dark, to darken, to get dark.

3 to grow dark on.

Me anocheció It grew dark on me.

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anochecer

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

► verbo intransitivo

1 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject ) to get dark

■ cuando anocheció when it got dark

2 to be at nightfall, reach at nightfall

■ anochecimos en Burgos we were in Burgos at dusk

► nombre masculino

1 nightfall, dusk, evening

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al anochecer at nightfall, at dusk

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verb

to get dark

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1. VI

1) (=venir la noche) to get dark

2)

anochecimos en Toledo — we got to Toledo as night was falling

2.

SM nightfall, dusk

al anochecer — at nightfall, at dusk

antes del anochecer — before nightfall, before it gets dark

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I 1.

verbo impersonal to get dark

ya había anochecido — it was already dark

2.

anochecer vi persona

anochecimos camino a Puebla — when it got dark o when night fell we were on our way to Puebla

3.

anochecerse v pron (Chi, Méx)

nos anochecimos estudiando — we stayed up studying till really late

II

masculino nightfall

al anochecer — at nightfall

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I 1.

verbo impersonal to get dark

ya había anochecido — it was already dark

2.

anochecer vi persona

anochecimos camino a Puebla — when it got dark o when night fell we were on our way to Puebla

3.

anochecerse v pron (Chi, Méx)

nos anochecimos estudiando — we stayed up studying till really late

II

masculino nightfall

al anochecer — at nightfall

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anochecer¹

¹ = dusk, nightfall, sundown.

Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.

Ex: Worms and parasites squirming through the body after nightfall on the battlefield.

Ex: She only went out for a walk but ended up staying out till sundown.

* al anochecer = at twilight, at nightfall.

anochecer²

² = light + fail, night + fall.

Ex: When the light began to fail she turned on a lamp next to the couch and continued the conversation with herself.

Ex: Finally, as night fell, we reached our last destination.

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anochecer¹ [E3 ]

v impers

to get dark

antes de que anochezca before it gets dark, before night falls

ya había anochecido cuando volvió it was already dark when he returned

vi

«persona»: anochecimos camino a Puebla when it got dark o when night fell we were on our way to Puebla

■ anochecerse

v pron

(Chi, Méx): nos anochecimos estudiando we stayed up studying till really late

anochecer²

masculine

nightfall

al anochecer at nightfall

antes del anochecer before nightfall, before it gets/got dark

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anochecer 1 (conjugate anochecer) v impers
to get dark
anochecerse verbo pronominal (Chi, Méx) to stay up till really late
anochecer 2 sustantivo masculino
nightfall;

◊ al anochecer at nightfall

anochecer
I verbo impersonal to get dark
II verbo intransitivo to be somewhere at nightfall: viajamos todo el día y anochecimos en Barquisimeto, we travelled all day and were in Barquisimeto at nightfall
III sustantivo masculino nightfall, dusk
al anochecer, at nightfall

'anochecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crepúsculo
- marcha
- tarde
English:
dark
- evening
- nightfall
- dusk
- night

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anochecer

♦ nm

dusk, nightfall;

al anochecer at dusk o nightfall

♦ v impersonal

to get dark;

anochecía it was getting dark;

llegamos cuando ya había anochecido it was already dark when we arrived

♦ vi

anochecimos en la frontera we were at the border by nightfall

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anochecer

I v/i get dark;

anocheció night fell, it got dark

II m dusk;

al anochecer at dusk, at nightfall

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anochecer {53} v impers

: to get dark

anochecer nm

: dusk, nightfall

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anochecer¹ n dusk

al anochecer at dusk

anochecer² vb to get dark

en verano anochece más tarde que en invierno it gets dark later in summer than in winter