twilight

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtwaɪlaɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(twī′līt′)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
twilight n (time of day)crepúsculo nm
  ocaso nm
 Ned's mother told him to be sure to be home by twilight.
 La madre de Ned le dijo que se asegurase de estar de vuelta en casa para el crepúsculo.
twilight n (light after sunset)crepúsculo nm
  ocaso nm
 Everything looked a little different in the twilight.
 Todo parecía un poco diferente en el crepúsculo.
twilight n figurative (declining years) (figurado)ocaso nm
  (figurado)crepúsculo nm
  final nm
 Pippa decided she was going to have some fun in the twilight of her life.
 The current government is in the twilight of its term in office.
 Pippa decidió que se iba a divertir un poco en el ocaso de su vida. // El gobierno actual se encuentra en el ocaso de su mandato.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
twilight zone n figurative (shady or ambiguous area) (figurado)zona gris, zona oscura loc nom f
  (figurado)limbo nm
  (figurado)dimensión desconocida loc nom f
 Many young people find themselves stuck working part-time, in the twilight zone between full-time work and unemployment.
 Muchos jóvenes se encuentran trabajando a medio tiempo, en esa zona gris entre el trabajo real y el desempleo.
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'twilight' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
crepuscular - dusk - evening - gloaming - half-light - nightfall - twinight
Spanish:
crepuscular - crepúsculo - otoño - ocaso - atardecer

Collocations: in her twilight years, in the twilight hours, the twilight days of the [regime, presidency], more...

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