last night

English

Noun

last night (uncountable)

1. (often used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present.

   He said he didn't get any sleep last night and I know he hadn't gotten much the previous night.

   Last night was wonderful. Can I see you again?

Synonyms

• yesterday night
• see also yestereve and list of other synonyms there

Translations

previous evening or night

• Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ (al-bāriḥata)
• Armenian: անցած գիշեր (ancʻac gišer)
• Bikol Central: kasubanggi
• Breton: dec'h da noz (br)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: anit passada f, anit (ca)
• Cebuano: kagabii
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 琴晚 (kam⁴ maan⁵), 尋晚／寻晚 (cam⁴ maan⁵), 寻晚 (cam⁴ maan⁵)

  Mandarin: 昨夜 (zh) (zuóyè), 昨晚 (zh) (zuówǎn)

• Czech: včerejší večer
• Dutch: gisterenavond (nl), gisteravond (nl), gisterennacht (nl), (used to both last night and coming night) vannacht (nl)
• Esperanto: hieraŭ vespere, la pasintan nokton, la hieraŭan nokton
• Finnish: eilisilta (evening), viime yö (night)
• French: hier soir
• Georgian: წუხელ (c̣uxel)
• German: gestern Abend (before midnight); heute Nacht (after midnight; can also mean the coming night, depending on tense); gestern Nacht, letzte Nacht (after midnight; both less common)
• Greek: εψές (el) n (epsés)
• Hebrew: אמש (he) (émesh)
• Hiligaynon: kagab-i
• Interlingua: heri vespere
• Irish: aréir
• Italian: notte scorsa, ieri notte, ieri sera
• Japanese: 昨晩 (ja) (さくばん, sakuban), 昨夜 (ja) (さくや, sakuya), 夕べ (ゆうべ, yūbe)
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• Korean: 지난밤 (ko) (jinanbam), 어젯밤 (ko) (eojetbam)
• Latin: heri vesperi
• Macedonian: синоќа (sinoḱa), сношти (snošti)
• Manx: riyr
• Maori: inapō, nōnapō
• Ngazidja Comorian: djana pvomasihu, emasihu ya djana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i natt

  Nynorsk: i natt

• Old English: geostron niht
• Pashto: بېګا (begâ), برای (barây)
• Portuguese: noite passada f, noite de ontem f
• Romanian: noaptea trecută f, azi noapte
• Russian: прошлая ночь f (prošlaja nočʹ), вчера́шний ве́чер m (včerášnij véčer)
• Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir
• Serbo-Croatian: sinoć (sh), (night before last night) preksinoć (sh), (two nights before last night) naksinoć
• Spanish: ayer por la noche, anoche (es)
• Swedish: i gårkväll
• Tagalog: kagabi
• Thai: เมื่อคืน (mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Waray-Waray: kagab-i
• Welsh: neithiwr m or f

Adverb

last night (not comparable)

1. During the previous day’s nighttime. During the night before today.

   “We partied last night.”

Translations

during the night before today

• Ainu: ウㇰラン (ukran)
• Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ (al-bāriḥata)
• Armenian: անցած գիշեր (ancʻac gišer)
• Azerbaijani: keçən gecə
• Basque: bart (eu)
• Breton: dec'h da noz (br)
• Catalan: anit (ca)
• Chamicuro: lache'ta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 昨夜 (zh) (zuóyè), 昨晚 (zh) (zuówǎn)

• Chuvash: ҫӗркаҫ (śĕrk̬aś)
• Cornish: nyhewer
• Czech: včera večer
• Danish: i aftes
• Dutch: gisteravond (nl), gisterenavond (nl), gisterennacht (nl), vannacht (nl) (used to both last night and coming night)
• Finnish: eilisiltana, eilen illalla (evening), viime yönä (night)
• French: hier soir
• Galician: onte á noite
• Georgian: წუხელ (c̣uxel)
• German: gestern Abend (before midnight); heute Nacht (after midnight; can also mean the coming night, depending on tense); gestern Nacht, letzte Nacht (after midnight; both less common)
• Hindi: कल रात (kal rāt)
• Icelandic: í gærkvöldi
• Interlingua: heri vespere
• Irish: aréir
• Italian: iernotte (it), ieri notte, iersera
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• Japanese: 昨晩 (ja) (さくばん, sakuban), 昨夜 (ja) (さくや, sakuya), 夕べ (ゆうべ, yūbe)
• Khmer: យប់មិញ (yup mɨñ)
• Korean: 어젯밤 (ko) (eojetbam), 어제저녁 (ko) (eojejeonyeok)
• Latin: heri vesperi
• Macedonian: синоќа (sinoḱa), сношти (snošti)
• Manx: riyr
• Norwegian: i går kveld
• Pashto: بېګا (begâ), برای (barây)
• Portuguese: ontem à noite, ontem de noite, noite passada
• Romanian: aseară (ro), ieri noapte
• Russian: про́шлой но́чью (próšloj nóčʹju), вчера́ ве́чером (včerá véčerom)
• Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir
• Sicilian: assira (scn)
• Slovene: sinóči (sl)
• Spanish: anoche (es), ayer por la noche
• Swedish: i natt (sv)
• Thai: เมื่อคืน (mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn)
• Tocharian A: nakcu
• Tocharian B: nekcīye
• Urdu: کل رات (kal rāt)
• Welsh: neithiwr
• White Hmong: nag hmo

See also

• the night before last
• tonight

Anagrams

• last thing