dark

oscuro

Con poca luz o ninguna, de modo que cuesta ver.

En inglés sencillo: Having little or no light, so things are hard to see.

• The room is dark.
• It was getting dark when we left.
• Can you see anything in this dark tunnel?

Sinónimos: unlit, dim

Antónimos: light, bright

Expresiones frecuentes: dark room, get dark, dark outside

oscuro

De un color intenso, más cercano al negro que al blanco.

En inglés sencillo: Having a deep colour that is closer to black than white.

• He has dark hair.
• She chose a darker shade of blue.
• Do you prefer light or dark colours?

Cómo se usa: dark + colour (The door is painted dark green.)

Sinónimos: deep

Antónimos: light, pale

Expresiones frecuentes: dark blue, dark hair, dark clothes, dark brown

sombrío, oscuro

Que causa tristeza o miedo, o deja pocas esperanzas.

En inglés sencillo: Sad, frightening, or without much hope.

• Those were dark days for our family.
• The story takes a dark turn.
• She feared a darker future after the factory closed.

Sinónimos: bleak, gloomy, grim

Antónimos: hopeful

Expresiones frecuentes: dark times, dark thoughts, dark future, dark period

desconocido

Cuya capacidad para ganar carreras todavía no se conoce.

En inglés sencillo: Having an ability to win races that other people do not yet know about.

• A dark horse entered the race.
• The trainer kept his dark runner away from public trials.
• Bettors struggled to judge the dark horse’s chances.

Sinónimos: untested, unknown

Expresiones frecuentes: dark horse, dark contender

oscuridad

La falta de luz en un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: The lack of light in a place.

• I cannot see in the dark.
• The children are afraid of the dark.
• Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark.

Cómo se usa: in the dark (We searched for the keys in the dark.)

Sinónimos: darkness

Antónimos: light

Expresiones frecuentes: in the dark, out of the dark

anochecer

El momento en que termina la luz del día y empieza la noche.

En inglés sencillo: The time when daylight ends and night begins.

• Come home before dark.
• We reached the village just after dark.
• They played outside until dark.

Cómo se usa: before/after/until dark (We arrived home before dark.)

Sinónimos: nightfall, dusk

Expresiones frecuentes: before dark, after dark, until dark

ignorancia

La situación de no saber algo o no haber recibido información sobre ello.

En inglés sencillo: A state of not knowing or being told something.

• They kept me in the dark.
• We are still in the dark about their plans.
• Why was she left in the dark about the decision?

Cómo se usa: be in the dark about something (I am in the dark about the new rules.); keep/leave someone in the dark (They left the staff in the dark about the sale.)

Sinónimos: ignorance

Expresiones frecuentes: in the dark, dark about something

ropa oscura

Prendas de colores oscuros que suelen lavarse separadas de las blancas o claras.

En inglés sencillo: Clothes with deep colours, usually washed separately from white or pale clothes.

• Wash the darks separately.
• I put all my darks in one basket.
• This detergent is designed for darks.

Sinónimos: dark clothes

Antónimos: whites

Expresiones frecuentes: wash the darks, darks and whites, load of darks