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dawn

nounmasculineliterário/alvuɾɨˈseɾ/low

al·vo·re·cer

Definition

The first light of day, appearing in the sky before sunrise; daybreak.
They reached the summit just as dawn was breaking.
The dawn was cold and misty over the fields.
Common collocations
at dawnbreak of dawn
Idiomatic expressions
  • the dawn of a new age

Etymology

Derivado de 'alvor' (alvorada, brancura), do latim 'albor, -oris' (brancura).

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