alborear

From albor (“whiteness; dawn”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /alboɾeˈaɾ/ [al.β̞o.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧bo‧re‧ar

alborear (first-person singular present alboreo, first-person singular preterite alboreé, past participle alboreado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)
2. (intransitive, by extension) to originate, to begin

• “alborear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024