OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 3790

dark

/dɑːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fosco • fusco • hosco • negrizco • negruzco • oscuro • renegrido
Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
Her skin grew dark with a suntan.
My sister’s hair is darker than mine.
oscuro
Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse, which had never been t…
fúnebre • lúgubre • negro • oscuro • siniestro • tenebroso • tétrico
Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
a dark deed
a dark villain
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📚 noun • entry_id 3791

dark

/dɑːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
oscuridad
A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
Dark surrounds us completely.
Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out.
oscuridad
Ignorance.
The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed.
We kept him in the dark.
anochecer • crepúsculo
Nightfall.
It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.
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