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See also: Tarde, tardé, and tärde

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tardē.

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

  1. afternoon (part of the day between noon and sunset)
  2. evening (time of day between the approximate time of dusk and midnight)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

tarde

  1. inflection of tarder:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾde
  • Hyphenation: tar‧de

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tarde.

Adverb

tarde

  1. late, later
    Synonym: tardeiro
    Antonyms: cedo, pronto

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

  1. afternoon or early evening, period between noon and darkness
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tarde

  1. inflection of tardar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Adjective

tarde (comparative plus tarde, superlative le plus tarde)

  1. late

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtar.de/
  • Rhymes: -arde
  • Hyphenation: tàr‧de

Adjective

tarde

  1. feminine plural of tardo

Latin

Etymology

From tardus +‎ -ē.

Adverb

tardē (comparative tardius, superlative tardissimē)

  1. slowly
  2. tardily
  3. late

Descendants

References

  • “tarde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tarde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “tarde”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese tarde.

Adjective

tarde

  1. late
    Já chegâ tarde vai siviço ― He got to work late
    Istupôr di Secundino, tudo dia chegâ na casa assí tarde, certo têm cegónha.
    That idiot Secudino, arriving home so late every day, he must have a lover.

Noun

tarde

  1. afternoon

Usage notes

References

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tardē (“tardily; late”, adverb), from tardus (“late”, adjective). Compare French tard, Spanish tarde and related to English tardy.

Adverb

tarde

  1. late (near the end of a period of time)
    Synonym: tardiamente
    Antonym: cedo
    Maria acordou tarde no fim de semana.
    Maria woke up late on the weekend.
  2. late (specifically, near the end of the day)
    Antonym: cedo
  3. late (not arriving until after an expected time)
    Synonym: atrasado
    Antonym: cedo
    O aluno chegou tarde e não pôde entrar na escola.
    The student arrived late and couldn't get in the school.
Derived terms

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

  1. afternoon
    Coordinate terms: madrugada, manhã, meio-dia, noite
    • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:
      Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.
      Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.
    • 1998, “Umbabarauma”, performed by Soulfly and Los Hooligans:
      Olha que a cidade toda ficou vazia nessa tarde bonita pra te ver jogar.
      Look how the whole city emptied out on this beautiful afternoon to watch you play
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tarde

  1. inflection of tardar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞e]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾde
  • Syllabification: tar‧de

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish tarde, from Latin tardē.

For the term meaning both “evening” and “late”, compare typologically Mongolian орой (oroj), Chinese 晚 (wǎn), Latin sērōtinus. Also compare Italian sera, French soir (< Latin sērus).

Adjective

tarde m or f (masculine and feminine plural tardes)

  1. late
    Synonym: tardío
    Antonym: temprano
    demasiado poco, demasiado tarde ― too little, too late
Derived terms

Adverb

tarde

  1. late
    Antonym: temprano
    Siempre llega tarde. ― He/she always arrives late.

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

  1. afternoon
    por la tarde ― in the afternoon
    Buenas tardes. ― Good afternoon.
    • 2025 October 19, Redacción GH, “Ataque armado deja dos muertos en un car wash de la colonia Las Cruces”, in El Imparcial‎, archived from the original on 19 October 2025:
      Dos trabajadores de un car wash fueron asesinados la tarde de este sábado durante un ataque armado registrado en la colonia Las Cruces, en la delegación San Antonio de los Buenos.
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  2. evening (after sunset)
    Synonym: noche
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tarde

  1. inflection of tardar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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