darken
Significado (Inglés)
- (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.
Conceptos
quitar la luz
lobreguecer
anieblar
al oscurecer
Sinónimos
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
Traducciones
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈdɑɹkən/
Etimología (Inglés)
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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