No. 2,960 in Spanish
alba
"Alba" means "dawn" or "daybreak" in English.
In a sentence
El alba anuncia el inicio de un nuevo día.
The dawn announces the beginning of a new day.
In this sentence, 'alba' refers to dawn, indicating the early part of the day.
Escribir poemas sobre el alba inspira a muchos artistas.
Writing poems about the dawn inspires many artists.
Here, 'alba' symbolizes a poetic concept of the start or freshness, often used in literature.
Las aves comenzaban a cantar al alba.
The birds began singing at dawn.
'Alba' is used in a temporal sense to denote the time of day when morning begins.
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