tarde

From Latin tardē.

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)

• IPA^(key): /taʁd/

tarde

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

• dater, trade, tradé

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tarde.

tarde

1. late, later

   Synonym: tardeiro

   Antonyms: cedo, pronto

tarde f (plural tardes)

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

• tardiña

tarde

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

tarde (comparative plus tarde, superlative le plus tarde)

1. late

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

tarde

1. feminine plural of tardo

From tardus +‎ -ē.

tardē (comparative tardius, superlative tardissimē)

1. slowly
2. tardily
3. late

• “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.

From Portuguese tarde.

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.

tarde

1. afternoon

• Largely only used in the phrase bô-tarde.

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɦ.di/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɹd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -aɾdɨ
• Hyphenation: tar‧de

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.

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.

• mais tarde
• tarde demais

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, Soulfly, Los Hooligans, Umbabarauma:

     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

• à tarde
• boa tarde
• tardezinha (diminutive)
• tardinha

• entardecente
• entardecer
• tardeiro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tarde

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: tar‧de

Inherited from Old Spanish tarde, from Latin tardē.

tarde m or f (masculine and feminine plural tardes)

1. late

   Synonym: tardío

   Antonym: temprano

   demasiado poco, demasiado tarde ― too little, too late

tarde

1. late

   Antonym: temprano

   Siempre llega tarde. ― He/she always arrives late.

tarde f (plural tardes)

1. afternoon

   por la tarde ― in the afternoon

   Buenas tardes. ― Good afternoon.

2. evening (after sunset)

   Synonym: noche

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tarde

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

• “tarde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024