twilight

crepúsculo

Momento anterior a la salida del sol o posterior a su puesta en que el cielo está medio oscuro.

En inglés sencillo: The time just before sunrise or after sunset when the sky is partly dark.

• We went for a walk at twilight.
• It was twilight when they reached the village.
• The birds stayed active until twilight.

Sinónimos: dusk

Expresiones frecuentes: at twilight, until twilight

luz crepuscular, penumbra

Luz débil del cielo justo antes de salir el sol o después de ponerse.

En inglés sencillo: The weak light in the sky just before the sun rises or after it sets.

• The hills glowed in the twilight.
• Soft twilight filled the empty garden.
• We could barely see the path in the fading twilight.

Sinónimos: half-light

Expresiones frecuentes: fading twilight, in the twilight

ocaso

Etapa en que una vida, una carrera o una situación se acerca a su fin o pierde fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: A period when a life, career, or situation is ending or losing its strength.

• She enjoyed her twilight years.
• The empire was entering its twilight.
• He found new purpose in the twilight of his life.

Cómo se usa: the twilight of something (He wrote this book in the twilight of his career.)

Sinónimos: decline

Antónimos: dawn

Expresiones frecuentes: twilight years, twilight of something