crepúsculo

See also: crepusculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crepusculum (“twilight”), from creper (“dusky, dark”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpus.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpus.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpuʃ.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpus.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɨˈpuʃ.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uskulu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃkulu
• Hyphenation: cre‧pús‧cu‧lo

Noun

crepúsculo m (plural crepúsculos)

1. twilight (light before rising, and after the setting, of the sun)

Hyponyms

• anoitecer, amanhecer, entardecer

Related terms

• crepuscular, crepusculário

Further reading

• “crepúsculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “crepúsculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crepusculum (“twilight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpuskulo/ [kɾeˈpus.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -uskulo
• Syllabification: cre‧pús‧cu‧lo

Noun

crepúsculo m (plural crepúsculos)

1. twilight
2. dusk

   Synonyms: anochecer, ocaso

Further reading

• “crepúsculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025