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oscuridad

darkness

noun ohs-koo-ree-DAHD Rare

Also means

obscurity

Usage Note

Oscuridad is the abstract noun from oscuro (dark). It refers to literal absence of light as well as figurative obscurity — an author writing in oscuridad is unknown or hard to understand. Do not confuse it with oscurantismo (obscurantism, the deliberate suppression of knowledge). The common colloquial phrase a oscuras means 'in the dark'.

Examples

"Caminaba solo en la oscuridad."

Natural Translation

He was walking alone in the darkness.

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