atardecer
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + tarde (“late afternoon”) + -ecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ataɾdeˈθeɾ/ [a.t̪aɾ.ð̞eˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ataɾdeˈseɾ/ [a.t̪aɾ.ð̞eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧tar‧de‧cer
Verb
atardecer (impersonal, third-person singular present atardece, third-person singular preterite atardeció, past participle atardecido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of atardecer (impersonal; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | atardecer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | atardeciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | atardecido | — | |||||
| plural | — | — | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | — | — | atardece | — | — | — | |
| imperfect | — | — | atardecía | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | atardeció | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | atardecerá | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | atardecería | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | — | — | atardezca | — | — | — | |
| imperfect (ra) |
— | — | atardeciera | — | — | — | |
| imperfect (se) |
— | — | atardeciese | — | — | — | |
| future1 | — | — | atardeciere | — | — | — | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| negative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
Noun
atardecer m (plural atardeceres)
Further reading
- “atardecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025