atardecer

m.

1 dusk.

2 evening, late afternoon, nightfall, dusk.

v.

1 to get dark.

está atardeciendo it's getting dark

2 to grow dark on.

Me atardeció It grew dark on me.

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atardecer

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

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject )

1 to get dark, grow dark

► nombre masculino

1 evening, dusk

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noun m.

evening, dusk

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1.

VI to get dark

atardecía — night was falling

2.

SM dusk, evening

al atardecer — at dusk

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I

verbo impersonal to get dark

II

masculino dusk

al atardecer — at dusk

un atardecer de otoño — one autumn evening at dusk

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= dusk, sundown, sunset.

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

Ex. The software displays sunrise and sunset and automatically adjusts to summer or daylight saving time.

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* al atardecer = at twilight.

* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.

* desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk, from sunrise to sunset, from sun up to sun down, from sun to sun.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.

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I

verbo impersonal to get dark

II

masculino dusk

al atardecer — at dusk

un atardecer de otoño — one autumn evening at dusk

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= dusk, sundown, sunset.

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

Ex: The software displays sunrise and sunset and automatically adjusts to summer or daylight saving time.

* al atardecer = at twilight.

* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.

* desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk, from sunrise to sunset, from sun up to sun down, from sun to sun.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.

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atardecer¹ [E3 ]

v impers

to get dark

ya atardecía cuando salimos it was already getting dark when we left

atardecer²

masculine

dusk

al atardecer at dusk

un atardecer de otoño one autumn evening at dusk o as the sun was going down

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atardecer 1 (conjugate atardecer) v impers
to get dark
atardecer 2 sustantivo masculino
dusk;

◊ al atardecer at dusk

atardecer
I sustantivo masculino evening, dusk
al atardecer, at dusk
II verbo impersonal to get o grow dark

'atardecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conquistar
- distinguirse
- miliciana
- miliciano
- salir
English:
dusk
- lift
- sunset
- sun

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atardecer

♦ nm

dusk;

al atardecer at dusk;

contemplaron el atardecer desde la playa they watched the sun go down from the beach

♦ v impersonal

to get dark;

está atardeciendo it's getting dark

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atardecer

I v/i get dark

II m dusk;

al atardecer at sunset

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atardecer {53} v impers

: to get dark

atardecer nm

: late afternoon, dusk

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atardecer¹ n dusk

al atardecer at dusk

atardecer² vb to get dark

atardece a las siete it gets dark at seven o'clock