amanecer

Meaning

Verb

1. (impersonal,intransitive) to dawn
2. (impersonal,intransitive) to get light (become light in the morning)
3. (intransitive) to wake up (cease to sleep)
4. (intransitive) to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises)
5. (transitive) to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep)
6. (reflexive) to waken, awaken (cease to sleep)
7. (Latin-America,reflexive) to stay awake all night

Noun

dawn (the morning period of twilight)

Hyphenated as

a‧ma‧ne‧cer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/amaneˈθeɾ/

Etymology

From Iberian Vulgar Latin *manescere, from Latin mane (“morning”). Compare Asturian amanecer, Extremaduran amanecel, Galician amañecer, Galician amencer, Mirandese amanhecer, Portuguese amanhecer.