amanecer
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Iberian Vulgar Latin *manescere, from Latin mane (“morning”). Compare Asturian amanecer, Extremaduran amanecel, Galician amañecer, Galician amencer, Mirandese amanhecer, Portuguese amanhecer.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /amaneˈθeɾ/ [a.ma.neˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /amaneˈseɾ/ [a.ma.neˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧ne‧cer
Verb
editamanecer (first-person singular present amanezco, first-person singular preterite amanecí, past participle amanecido)
- (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
edit Conjugation of amanecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of amanecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editNoun
editamanecer m (plural amaneceres)
Further reading
edit- “amanecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
Categories:
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verbs with c-zc alternation
- Spanish intransitive verbs
- Spanish impersonal verbs
- Spanish terms with usage examples
- Spanish transitive verbs
- Spanish reflexive verbs
- Latin American Spanish
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Sleep
- es:Time
- es:Times of day