amanecer
Spanish
Etymology
From Iberian Vulgar Latin *manescere, from Latin mane (“morning”). Compare Asturian amanecer, Extremaduran amanecel, Galician amañecer, Galician amencer, Mirandese amanhecer, Portuguese amanhecer.
Pronunciation
Noun
amanecer m (plural amaneceres)
Verb
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- (intransitive, impersonal) to dawn
- Amaneció a las siete. ― The sun rose at seven.
- (intransitive, impersonal) to get light (become light in the morning)
- (intransitive) to wake up (cease to sleep)
- Synonym: despertar
- (intransitive) to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises)
- Muchas casas amanecieron cubiertas de papel higiénico después del día de las bromas de abril. ― The morning saw many houses covered in toilet paper after April Fools' Day.
- (transitive) to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep)
- (reflexive) to waken, awaken (cease to sleep)
- (reflexive, Latin America) to stay awake all night
- Synonym: trasnochar
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “amanecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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