Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Before night begins to fall.
I think you should finish mowing the lawn before dark.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 在黃昏之前 /在黄昏之前
- 在黃昏之前 /在黄昏之前 (zài huánghūn zhīqián)before night begins to fall
Dutch voor donker, voordat het donker wordt
- voor donkerbefore night begins to fall
- voordat het donker wordtbefore night begins to fall
Finnish ennen pimeän tuloa, päivän näöllä
- ennen pimeän tuloabefore night begins to fall
- päivän näölläbefore night begins to fall
French avant la tombée de la nuit
- avant la tombée de la nuitbefore night begins to fall
German tagsüber, untertags
- tagsüberbefore night begins to fall
- untertagsbefore night begins to fall
Greek πριν από το σούρουπο
- πριν από το σούρουπο (prin apó to soúroupo)before night begins to fall
Italian prima del tramonto
- prima del tramontobefore night begins to fall
Japanese 暮れの前に
- 暮れの前に (yūgure no mae ni)before night begins to fall
Korean 해거름의 앞에
- 해거름의 앞에 (haegeoreumui ape)before night begins to fall
Latin a mane usque ad vesperam
- a mane usque ad vesperambefore night begins to fall
Polish przed zmrokiem
- przed zmrokiembefore night begins to fall
Portuguese antes de anoitecer, antes do cair da noite
- antes de anoitecerbefore night begins to fall
- antes do cair da noitebefore night begins to fall
Russian за́светло, до темноты́
- за́светло (zásvetlo)before night begins to fall
- до темноты́ (do temnotý)before night begins to fall
- до наступле́ния темноты́ (do nastuplénija temnotý)before night begins to fall
Spanish antes de anochecer
- antes de anochecerbefore night begins to fall
Cite this entry
APA
before dark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/before%20dark
MLA
“before dark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/before%20dark. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “before dark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/before%20dark.
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