crepúsculo

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See also: crepusculo

Portuguese

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crepúsculo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

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

Hyponyms

anoitecer, amanhecer, entardecer

Related terms

crepuscular, crepusculário

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crepusculum (“twilight”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɾeˈpuskulo/
Rhymes: -uskulo
Syllabification: cre‧pús‧cu‧lo

Noun

crepúsculo m (plural crepúsculos)

twilight
dusk
Synonyms: anochecer, ocaso

Further reading

“crepúsculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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