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amanecer

/amaneˈθeɾ/

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verb/amaneˈθeɾ/

to dawn; to get light (become light in the morning); to wake up (cease to sleep); to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises); to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep)

Amaneció a las siete.The sun rose at seven.

Synonyms: despertar, trasnochar

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin māne Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin mānēscere Vulgar Latin *admānēscere Spanish amanecer Inherited from Vulgar Latin *admānēscere.

noun, masculine/amaneˈθeɾ/plural: amaneceres

dawn (the morning period of twilight)

Synonyms: madrugada, alborada

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin māne Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin mānēscere Vulgar Latin *admānēscere Spanish amanecer Inherited from Vulgar Latin *admānēscere.