atardecer

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ tarde (“late afternoon”) +‎ -ecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ataɾdeˈθeɾ/ [a.t̪aɾ.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ataɾdeˈseɾ/ [a.t̪aɾ.ð̞eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tar‧de‧cer

Verb

atardecer (impersonal, third-person singular present atardece, third-person singular preterite atardeció, past participle atardecido)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to draw towards evening, to grow late, to get dark

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atardecer (impersonal; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			atardecer
gerund			atardeciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atardecido		—
		plural		—		—
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	—	—	atardece	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	atardecía	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	atardeció	—	—	—
	future	—	—	atardecerá	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	atardecería	—	—	—
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	—	—	atardezca	—	—	—
	imperfect (ra)	—	—	atardeciera	—	—	—
	imperfect (se)	—	—	atardeciese	—	—	—
	future1	—	—	atardeciere	—	—	—
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
	negative		—	—	—	—	—

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

Noun

atardecer m (plural atardeceres)

1. late afternoon, sunset, dusk, evenfall, nightfall

Further reading

• “atardecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10