imbrunìr

Romagnol

Etymology

From in- +‎ brunìr.

Verb

imbrunìr

1. (intransitive) to grow dark, to get dark, to darken, to get brown

   La pël la s’imbrunès a e’ sôl, e’ zil u s’imbrunès sénza sôl.

   The skin gets dark with the sun, the sky gets dark without sun.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dark

   E’ cménza a imbrunìr.

   It begins to getting dark.

Noun

imbrunìr m (plural imbrunìr)

1. nightfall, dusk

   Int l’imbrunìr.

   At dusk.

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 279