amanecer
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin (Iberian dialect) *manescere, from mane (“morning”). Compare Asturian amanecer, Extremaduran amanecel, Galician amañecer, Galician amencer, Mirandese amanhecer, Portuguese amanhecer.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /amaneˈθeɾ/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /amaneˈseɾ/
Noun
amanecer m (plural amaneceres)
Verb
amanecer (first-person singular present amanezco, first-person singular preterite amanecí, past participle amanecido)
- (intransitive, impersonal) to dawn
- Amaneció a las siete. ― The sun rose at seven.
- (intransitive, impersonal) to get light (become light in the morning)
- (intransitive) to wake up (cease to sleep)
- Synonym: despertar
- (intransitive) to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises)
- Muchas casas amanecieron cubiertas de papel higiénico después del día de las bromas de abril. ― The morning saw many houses covered in toilet paper after April Fools' Day.
- (transitive) to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep)
- (reflexive) to waken, awaken (cease to sleep)
- (reflexive, Latin America) to stay awake all night
- Synonym: trasnochar
Conjugation
- Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
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These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive amanecer | |||||||
dative | amanecerme | amanecerte | amanecerle, amanecerse | amanecernos | amaneceros | amanecerles, amanecerse | |
accusative | amanecerme | amanecerte | amanecerlo, amanecerla, amanecerse | amanecernos | amaneceros | amanecerlos, amanecerlas, amanecerse | |
with gerund amaneciendo | |||||||
dative | amaneciéndome | amaneciéndote | amaneciéndole, amaneciéndose | amaneciéndonos | amaneciéndoos | amaneciéndoles, amaneciéndose | |
accusative | amaneciéndome | amaneciéndote | amaneciéndolo, amaneciéndola, amaneciéndose | amaneciéndonos | amaneciéndoos | amaneciéndolos, amaneciéndolas, amaneciéndose | |
with informal second-person singular imperative amanece | |||||||
dative | amanéceme | amanécete | amanécele | amanécenos | not used | amanéceles | |
accusative | amanéceme | amanécete | amanécelo, amanécela | amanécenos | not used | amanécelos, amanécelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative amanezca | |||||||
dative | amanézcame | not used | amanézcale, amanézcase | amanézcanos | not used | amanézcales | |
accusative | amanézcame | not used | amanézcalo, amanézcala, amanézcase | amanézcanos | not used | amanézcalos, amanézcalas | |
with first-person plural imperative amanezcamos | |||||||
dative | not used | amanezcámoste | amanezcámosle | amanezcámonos | amanezcámoos | amanezcámosles | |
accusative | not used | amanezcámoste | amanezcámoslo, amanezcámosla | amanezcámonos | amanezcámoos | amanezcámoslos, amanezcámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amaneced | |||||||
dative | amanecedme | not used | amanecedle | amanecednos | amaneceos | amanecedles | |
accusative | amanecedme | not used | amanecedlo, amanecedla | amanecednos | amaneceos | amanecedlos, amanecedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amanezcan | |||||||
dative | amanézcanme | not used | amanézcanle | amanézcannos | not used | amanézcanles, amanézcanse | |
accusative | amanézcanme | not used | amanézcanlo, amanézcanla | amanézcannos | not used | amanézcanlos, amanézcanlas, amanézcanse |
Further reading
- “amanecer” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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