anochecer
Meanings
Verb
1. to become night, to get dark (intransitive, impersonal)
2. to be somewhere by dark (intransitive)
Examples16
Va anocheciendo.
It starts to get dark
Ha anochecido.
It's night.
Tom le dijo a María que no debería caminar sola al anochecer.
Tom told Mary that she shouldn't walk alone after dark.
Ahora anochece a las cinco.
It gets dark at five now.
Tom dijo que desearía que Mary y yo no saliéramos solos tras anochecer.
Tom said he wished that Mary and I wouldn't go out after dark by ourselves.
Anochecía.
Night fell.