amanecer
Meanings
Verb
1. to dawn (intransitive, impersonal)
2. to get light (become light in the morning) (intransitive, impersonal)
3. to wake up (cease to sleep) (intransitive, figurative, figuratively)
4. to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises) (intransitive, figurative, figuratively)
5. to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep) (transitive, figurative, figuratively)
6. to waken, awaken (cease to sleep) (reflexive, literary)
7. to stay awake all night (reflexive, Latin America, uncommon)
Examples22
Amaneció a las siete.
The sun rose at seven.
Amanece un nuevo día.
A new day is rising.
Estaba amaneciendo.
It was dawning.
Está amaneciendo.
The dawn is breaking.
¿Cómo amaneciste?
How did you sleep?
Amanece, que no es poco.
Dawn breaks, which is no small thing.