English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon."
Pronunciation [edit]
Phrase [edit]
good afternoon
- A greeting said when meeting somebody in the afternoon.
Coordinate terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
greeting said in the afternoon
- Afrikaans: goeie middag (af)
- Arabic: مساء الخير (ar) (masāʾ al-xayr), مساء النور (ar) (masāʾ al-nūr) (the answer)
- Armenian: բարի օր (hy) (bari òr)
- Basque: arratsalde on (eu)
- Belarusian: добры дзень (be) (dóbry dzjenʹ)
- Bulgarian: добър ден (bg) (dóbǎr den)
- Catalan: bona tarda (ca)
- Chechen: де дика дойла (de dika doyla)
- Chichewa: (greeting) mwasewela bwanji?, (response) ndasewela bwino
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 下午好 (cmn) (xiàwǔhǎo), 你好 (cmn) (nǐhǎo)
- Czech: dobrý den (cs)
- Danish: god eftermiddag (da)
- Dutch: (Flanders) goedenamiddag (nl), goeienamiddag (nl); (Netherlands) goedemiddag (nl), goeiemiddag (nl)
- Esperanto: bonan posttagmezon (eo)
- Estonian: tere päevast (et)
- Ewe: ŋdɔ
- Finnish: hyvää päivää (fi), hyvää iltapäivää (fi)
- French: bonjour (fr), bon après-midi (fr)
- Georgian: გამარჯობა (ka) (gamarǰoba)
- German: guten Tag (de), guten Nachmittag (de) (uncommon)
- Greek: καλό απόγευμα (el) (kaló apógevma), καλημέρα (el) (kaliméra)
- Hawaiian: aloha ʻauinalā
- Hebrew: צָהֳרַיִם טוֹבִים (he) (tsohoráyim tovím)
- Hiligaynon: maayong udto
- Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namastē), गुड आफ़्टरनून (hi) (guḍ āfṭarnūn)
- Hungarian: jó napot (during forenoon and afternoon)
- Indonesian:
- selamat siang (between 12.00 - 15.00)
- selamat sore (after 15.00 - 18.00 or before it's dark)
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