seconda serata

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “second evening”.

Noun

seconda serata f (invariable)

1. (television) late of night
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 9, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Dal mese di agosto, Palin aveva fatto una pessima figura durante prestigiose interviste, meritandosi anche una parodia su Saturday Night Live e in altri programmi comici in seconda serata.

     Since August, Palin had tanked during a number of high-profile media interviews, becoming a punch line on Saturday Night Live and other late-night comedy shows.

     (literally, “Since the month of August, Palin had made a terrible impression during prestigious interviews, even meriting herself a parody on Saturday Night Live and on other comedy programs at the late of night.”)