anochecer
Meaning
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- (impersonal,intransitive) to become night, to get dark
- (intransitive) to be somewhere by dark
Concepts
nightfall
get dark
dusk
become night
gloaming
twilight
evening
dark
gloam
night is falling
arrive at nightfall
darken
darkening
benight
eve
even
eventide
crepuscle
crepuscule
evenfall
fall
get
crepusculum
night
sunset
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧no‧che‧cer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/anot͡ʃeˈθeɾ/
Etymology
From a- + Latin noctēscere (“to grow towards night, grow dark”), from nox, noctis (“night”), or from a- + noche + -ecer. Compare Asturian anochecer, Extremaduran anochecel, Galician anoitecer, Leonese anuchecere, anochecere, Mirandese anuitecer, Portuguese anoitecer.
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