Definition of moonlight in English:

moonlight

Translate moonlight into Spanish

noun

The light of the moon.
as modifier ‘a moonlight stroll’
- ‘I wanted you to see the courtyard by moonlight’
- ‘The pale moonlight shone on the sand as Kino stepped among the dunes.’
- ‘The sky was bright with moonlight.’
- ‘The room was dark, but the blinds were open, and the woman in the bed was bathed in the cold white light of moonlight.’
- ‘Carina grinned as she watched the fishes shimmer and shine in the glowing moonlight.’
- ‘He smiled down at me, his smile the only thing I could see perfectly outlined in the pale, ghostly moonlight.’
- ‘They both stood, staring at each other in the pale moonlight for a moment.’
- ‘The pale moonlight revealed a man in his early twenties, with curly black hair, streaked with a golden blonde colour.’
- ‘She looked frightened in the pale moonlight, her eyes wide as she backed herself against the wall.’
- ‘Her eyes gazed into the white ceiling above her, now blue with the pale moonlight.’
- ‘She could make out the pale glow of the moonlight shining through the blinds.’
- ‘The moonlight from the full moon shone in the room.’
- ‘There was grey moonlight coming in, lighting a patch of floor just in front of the window but leaving the rest of the room in blackness.’
- ‘The moonlight shone through the window and cast and irridescent glow on half of the room.’
- ‘The moonlight shone through the clouds and cast a glow upon the water and its rocks.’
- ‘Benji's curtains were open, allowing some moonlight to light up the room.’
- ‘The moonlight from the sky light on the ceiling beamed down making a square of light in the center of the room.’
- ‘The moonlight is extremely bright, as bright as the lights on movie sets.’
- ‘The pale moonlight that shone through her window provided enough light to find her bed.’
- ‘Illuminated only by moonlight, pale flowers and foliage add a dreamy, ethereal quality to the garden.’
- ‘He heard the door slide open, letting in the soft glow of moonlight.’
illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, lustre, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle

Pronunciation

moonlight

/ˈmo͞onˌlīt/ /ˈmunˌlaɪt/

intransitive verbmoonlighted

[no object] informal

Have a second job in addition to one's regular employment.
- ‘many instructors moonlight as professional consultants’
- ‘To support himself during the first few months, he found work moonlighting as a telemarketer and cutting down trees on weekends.’
- ‘After college, he took a job as an accountant and - to supplement his income - moonlighted as a basketball and football referee.’
- ‘Although medical care was free, many health care professionals moonlighted to make extra money because official health care usually involved long lines and waiting lists.’
- ‘She also moonlights as a consultant to major food and kitchen product companies.’
- ‘He was moonlighting as a bartender on Friday and Saturday nights to make some extra money.’
- ‘I was home in the evening, except maybe one night a week when I moonlighted to make extra money, which was approved by the Army.’
- ‘Tom, a well meaning, naïve politics student who moonlights as a security guard in the factory, is unwittingly and accidentally pulled into the murderous scheme.’
- ‘Acting on a tip, Detective Scott Dillin, who sometimes moonlights as an actor himself, went in search of the paintings at the apartment at 6 Chatham Square.’