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"Dark" is an adjective which is often translated as "oscuro", and "tall" is an adjective which is often translated as "alto". Learn more about the difference between "dark" and "tall" below.
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. oscuro
My favorite colors are dark blue and light blue.Mis colores favoritos son el azul oscuro y el azul claro.
a. moreno
Columbus encountered dark-skinned Taínos on his second voyage.Colón se encontró con taínos que tenían la piel morena en su segundo viaje.
a. sombrío
Edgar Allan Poe’s literature is filled with dark characters.La literatura de Edgar Allan Poe está repleta de personajes sombríos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
5. (darkness)
a. la oscuridad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
When I was a kid I was afraid of the dark.Cuando era niña le tenía miedo a la oscuridad.
