ocaso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin occāsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈka.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈka.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈka.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈka.zu/

• Hyphenation: o‧ca‧so

Noun

ocaso m (plural ocasos)

1. dusk (a period of time occurring at the end of the day during which the sun sets)
2. (figurative) decline; downfall

   Synonyms: decadência, declínio

Further reading

• “ocaso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ocaso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Los groenlandeses normalmente aguantan seis meses sin ver el ocaso. ― Greenlanders normally go for six months without seeing the sun set.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occāsus, deverbal from occido (“to fall down, set”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈkaso/ [oˈka.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: o‧ca‧so

Noun

ocaso m (plural ocasos)

1. dusk, sunset

   Synonyms: anochecer, atardecer, crepúsculo

   Antonyms: alba, amanecer, aurora

2. (geography) west

   Synonyms: oeste, occidente, poniente

3. (literary) decline

   Synonyms: acabamiento, decadencia, declinación

Related terms

• ocasión

 

Further reading

• “ocaso”, 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