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crepúsculo

[kre-PÚS-ku-lu]
nounmasculinepl: crepúsculos
twilight
1. The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either in the evening (dusk) or in the morning (dawn)
The city looked beautiful in the twilight hours.
A cidade parecia bonita durante as horas do crepúsculo.
2. A period of decline or transition; a state between two conditions
The company was in the twilight of its existence.
A empresa estava no crepúsculo de sua existência.
Synonyms
anoitecerentardecerauroraalvorecerpenumbra
Antonyms
amanhecermeio-diapleno dia

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
crepúsculo
Standard usage for twilight in both evening and morning contexts
Portugal
crepúsculo
Standard usage; sometimes 'anoitecer' for evening twilight specifically
São Paulo
entardecer
Often used colloquially for evening twilight instead of crepúsculo

Related Idioms & Phrases

no crepúsculo da vida (in the twilight of one's life - old age)
crepúsculo dos deuses (twilight of the gods - decline of a great era)
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