Polyglot Dictionary

escurecer

/eskuɾeˈseɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
escureço
preterite (eu)
escureci
past participle
escurecido

Meaning

  1. to darken

    • Está escurecendo.

      It's getting dark.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

obscurecer

obscurecer is more formal or figurative, to obscure understanding; escurecer is more literal, like darkening a room or the sky darkening — both mean "to darken."

Similar in other languages

German

verdunkeln

verdunkeln is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to darken."

Spanish

ensombrecer

ensombrecer is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to darken."

Practice

1 What does escurecer mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches escurecer?

verb

Last updated