aurora

/awˈɾɔɾɐ/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as auroras

Meaning

  1. dawn

    • Vimos a aurora.

      We saw the dawn.

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

alvorada

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.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

alborada

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

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 aurora mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vimos a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aurora?

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