Anochece

Anochece is a Spanish verb derived from the noun anoche, which refers to the nighttime or the act of becoming dark. Used in the third-person singular form of the present indicative, anochece means "it darkens" or "it becomes night." The verb belongs to the regular -cer conjugation group and follows the typical phonetic pattern where the -c becomes -t when followed by an -e or -i. Thus, anochecer in present tense is anochece. The past tense is formed normally: anochecí (I darkened), anochecaste (you darkened), etc. The present subjunctive form is anochezca. In Spanish literature, the phrase often appears to describe the passage of day into night, as in “cuando anochece, el río se vuelve más silencioso”.

Anochece is used in everyday speech across Spanish-speaking regions to describe a gradual or sudden change in illumination. In meteorology, it can describe a sudden drop in light due to clouds or fog before sunset. It may also appear in figurative contexts, such as “después de anochecer, la ciudad parece diferente” (after it darkens, the city looks different). The verb is particularly common in descriptive writing, reportage, and poetic prose. In idiomatic usage, anochecer can embody the idea of endings or transitions, so that “anochecer la conversación” means to end a discussion. The verb’s root, anoche, itself traces back to the Latin noctem “night” combined with the Spanish article a-, giving a sense of nightfall.