darken
Significat (Anglès)
- (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
- (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
- (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
- (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
- (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
- (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
- (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
- (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
- (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
- (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.
Sinònims
grow dark
get dark
become dark
make dark
grow black
make black
grow dim
be clouded
make sad
turn brown
take on a darker colour
be obscured
Traduccions
oscurecer
oscurarsi
sich verdunkeln
s’assombrir s’obscurcir
αμαυρώνω σκοτεινιάζωFreqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈdɑɹkən/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark + -en. Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”).
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