amanecer
Spanish, noun/amaneˈθeɾ/
amanecer is spelled A-M-A-N-E-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amanecer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dawn (the morning period of twilight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso de aparecer la luz del día”.
What does amanecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dawn
Amaneció a las siete.
- 2
to get light (become light in the morning)
- 3
to wake up (cease to sleep)
- 4
to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises)
Muchas casas amanecieron cubiertas de papel higiénico después del día de las bromas de abril.
- 5
to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep)
- 6
to waken, awaken (cease to sleep)
- 7
Latin-Americato stay awake all night
noun
- 1
masculinedawn (the morning period of twilight)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Comenzar a ser visible la luz del día.
verb: 1. Despertar o encontrarse en cierto lugar, estado o condición cuando comienza el día. 2. Tener comienzo, nacer. 3. Manifestarse, dejarse ver, aparecer inesperadamente. 4. Permanecer sin dormir hasta que comienza el día.
verb: 1. Dar luz, a algo, alumbrarlo.
noun: 1. Proceso de aparecer la luz del día. 2. Comienzo o inicio de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amanecer
- amanezco first-person present singular
- amanecí first-person preterite singular
- amanecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- amaneciendo gerund
- amanece indicative present singular
- amanecía imperfect indicative singular
- amaneció indicative preterite singular
- amanecerá future indicative singular
- amanecería conditional indicative singular
- amanezca present singular subjunctive
- amaneciera imperfect singular subjunctive
- amaneciese imperfect imperfect-se singular
- amaneceres plural
- haber amanecido impersonal infinitive
- habiendo amanecido impersonal gerund
- amaneces second-person singular indicative
- amanecés second-person singular vos-form
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amanecer?
- /amaneˈθeɾ/
- [a.ma.neˈθeɾ]
- /amaneˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amanecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amanecer in Spanish?
amanecer appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).