boas tardes

See also: boas-tardes

Galician

Galician phrasebook

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Interjection

boas tardes

1. good afternoon (used as a greeting in the afternoon (the part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm))
2. good evening (used as a greeting in the evening (the time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight; the period after the end of regular office working hours))

Synonyms

• boa tarde

Further reading

• “boas tardes”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bas tarde (Caipira)

Interjection

boas tardes

1. alternative form of boa tarde

   Coordinate terms: bons dias, boas noites, boas festas

   • 1867, Júlio Dinis, chapter III, in As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor‎^[1], page 14:

     — Muito boas tardes, tia Bernarda. Diga-me, viu passar por aqui o pequenito do José das Dornas?

     — A very good afternoon, Aunt Bernarda. Tell me, did you see the little one from José das Dornas pass by here?