oscuridad
Spanish
Alternative forms
- obscuridad
- escuridad (dialectal or obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish escuridat, oscuridat, semi-learned borrowing from Latin obscūritātem, from obscūrus (“dark”). Cognate with English obscurity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oskuɾiˈdad/ [os.ku.ɾiˈð̞að̞]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: os‧cu‧ri‧dad
Related terms
Further reading
- “oscuridad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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