dark

=

oscuro

adjective

dark
[dɑːk]
sustantivo
1. oscuridad (f) (darkness)
  • before/after dark -> antes/después del anochecer
  • in the dark -> en la oscuridad
2. (idioms)
  • to be in the dark (about something) -> estar in albis (sobre algo) (español de España), no tener idea (sobre algo) (Am)
  • to keep somebody in the dark (about something) -> mantener a alguien en la ignorancia (acerca de algo)
adjetivo
3. oscuro(a) (not light); oscuro(a), moreno(a) (skin, hair)
  • it's dark by six o'clock -> a las seis ya es de noche
  • it's getting dark -> está oscureciendo or anocheciendo
  • dark glasses -> gafas (f pl) oscuras
  • to be a dark horse (sentido figurado) -> ser quien puede dar la campanada; (in competition) ser el/la candidato(a) sorpresa; (in politics) ser un enigma (secretive person)
4. sombrío(a), oscuro(a) (sentido figurado) (thought, period); siniestro(a) (look)
  • the dark Ages (hisoria) -> la Edad Media
  • to be in the dark Ages (antes del año mil)(sentido figurado) -> estar en la prehistoria

dark [dark-rum]
sustantivo
1. Oscuridad, tinieblas (absence of light).
  • The la oscuridad -> To wait until esperar hasta que anochezca
  • After de noche -> 2. Ignorancia, falta de ciencia o conocimiento; mancha
  • To leave one in the dejar a uno a oscuras ->

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