Polyglot Dictionary

alvorada

/awvoˈɾadɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as alvoradas

Meaning

  1. dawn

    • Vimos a alvorada.

      We saw the dawn.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

aurora

aurora is more poetic or literary, also the word for the Aurora Borealis; alvorada is more about the specific event of dawn breaking, with a military or musical connotation, a bugle call at dawn.

amanhecer

amanhecer is the more common, everyday word for dawn or daybreak; alvorada is more poetic or ceremonial.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

aurora

aurora is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dawn."

French

aube

aube is the French word for the same thing — both mean "dawn."

Practice

1 What does alvorada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vimos a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alvorada?

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