crepúsculo
See also: crepusculo
Portuguese
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
Related terms
- crepuscular, crepusculário
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crepusculum (“twilight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾeˈpuskulo/ [kɾeˈpus.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -uskulo
- Syllabification: cre‧pús‧cu‧lo
Further reading
- “crepúsculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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