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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesoscuridad
Pronunciation / Transliteration: oscuridad
"No me gusta caminar solo en la oscuridad."
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The partial or total absence of light.
"He fumbled for the light switch in the darkness."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Old English deorcnes, from deorc (dark) + -nes (ness).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Darkness" is said worldwide
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obscurité
Transliteration: obscurité
"Elle a peur de l'obscurité."
Dunkelheit
Transliteration: Dunkelheit
"Er tappte in der Dunkelheit umher."
oscurità
Transliteration: oscurità
"La stanza era avvolta nell'oscurità."
oscuridad
Transliteration: oscuridad
"No me gusta caminar solo en la oscuridad."
escuridão
Transliteration: escuridão
"A luz acendeu e dissipou a escuridão."
अंधेरा
Transliteration: andhera
"कमरे में बहुत अंधेरा था।"
黑暗
Transliteration: hēi àn
"他习惯了房间里的黑暗。"
어둠
Transliteration: eodum
"그는 어둠 속에서 걸어왔다."
暗闇
Transliteration: kurayami
"彼女は暗闇が怖い。"
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