Phrase guide

before dark

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Before night begins to fall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I think you should finish mowing the lawn before dark.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 在黃昏之前 /在黄昏之前 (zài huánghūn zhīqián) — before night begins to fall
  • Dutch: voor donker — before night begins to fall
  • Dutch: voordat het donker wordt — before night begins to fall
  • Finnish: ennen pimeän tuloa — before night begins to fall
  • Finnish: päivän näöllä — before night begins to fall
  • French: avant la tombée de la nuit — before night begins to fall
  • German: tagsüber — before night begins to fall
  • German: untertags — before night begins to fall
  • Greek: πριν από το σούρουπο (prin apó to soúroupo) — before night begins to fall
  • Italian: prima del tramonto — before night begins to fall
  • Japanese: 暮れの前に (yūgure no mae ni) — before night begins to fall
  • Korean: 해거름의 앞에 (haegeoreumui ape) — before night begins to fall
  • Latin: a mane usque ad vesperam — before night begins to fall
  • Polish: przed zmrokiem — before night begins to fall
  • Portuguese: antes de anoitecer — before night begins to fall
  • Portuguese: antes do cair da noite — before night begins to fall
  • Russian: за́светло (zásvetlo) — before night begins to fall
  • Russian: до темноты́ (do temnotý) — before night begins to fall
  • Russian: до наступле́ния темноты́ (do nastuplénija temnotý) — before night begins to fall
  • Serbo-Croatian: предмрак — before night begins to fall
  • Serbo-Croatian: predmrak — before night begins to fall
  • Spanish: antes de anochecer — before night begins to fall