hora menguada
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "waning time"
Noun
[edit]hora menguada f (plural horas menguadas)
- (idiomatic, archaic) moment of truth
- Synonym: hora de verdad
- en hora menguada
- at the moment of truth
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- En hora menguada te di a luz y de aquella triste hora debe decirse: «aféanla tinieblas y sombra de muerte».
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Further reading
[edit]- “hora menguada”, 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