oscurecerverb
Oscurecer means to get dark or to darken in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as oscurece, oscurecen and oscureciendo.
- to get dark
- to darken
Nadamos hasta que oscureció.
We swam until it got dark.
El cielo se está oscureciendo.
The sky is getting dark.
En invierno empieza a oscurecer muy temprano.
In winter it starts to get dark very early.
El cielo se oscureció de repente y se puso a llover.
All at once the sky became dark and it started to rain.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| oscurece | he, she, it | Present |
| oscurecen | they | Present |
| oscureciendo | Gerund | |
| oscureció | he, she, it | Preterite |
| oscurezca | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| oscurecía | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| oscurezcan | they | Present subjunctive |
| oscurecerá | he, she, it | Future |
| oscurecían | they | Imperfect |
| oscurecieron | they | Preterite |
| oscurecerán | they | Future |