tramonto

See also: tramontò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traˈmon.to/
  • Rhymes: -onto
  • Hyphenation: tra‧món‧to

Etymology 1

From tramontare (“to set, go down; to fade”, literally “to set beyond the mountains”). Compare Sicilian tracoḍḍu.

Noun

tramonto m (plural tramonti)

  1. (also figurative) sunset, sundown
    Synonyms: calar del sole, crepuscolo
    Antonyms: alba, aurora, levar del sole
  2. setting
    il tramonto della luna ― the setting of the moon
  3. (figurative) fall, decline
    Antonym: alba
    il tramonto dell'impero asburgico ― the fall of the Habsburg Monarchy
See also
times of day: parti del giornoedit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tramonto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tramontare

Spanish

Verb

tramonto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tramontar
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