atardecer

/ataɾðeˈseɾ/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
atardeceres

Meaning

  1. sunset

    • Paseamos al atardecer.

      We strolled at sunset.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

ocaso

atardecer and ocaso are close synonyms for "sunset"; ocaso also separately means "decline," figuratively, like the decline of an empire.

Similar in other languages

German

Sonnenuntergang

Sonnenuntergang is the German word for the same thing — both mean "sunset."

Practice

1 What does atardecer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Paseamos al ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches atardecer?

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