OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 4885

dawn

/dɔːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aclarar • alborear • amanecer • clarecer
To begin to brighten with daylight.
A new day dawns.
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene[…]to see the sepulchre.
caer en cuenta de • caer en la cuenta de • dar en ello • encenderse el bombillo • prenderse el bombillo • prenderse la bombilla • prenderse la chispa • prendérsele el foco • prendérsele la ampolleta • prendérsele la lamparita
To start to appear or become obvious.
I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.
The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam.
Phrases