noche

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔtʃɛ/

Noun

1. night
   • 2019, Silvyo OVADYA, “Hanukah Alegre”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[1]:

     Alhad la noche vamos a asender la primera kandela de muestras Hanukiyas.

     Sunday night we're going to light the first candle on our Hanukiyas.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox (compare Catalan nit, French nuit, Italian notte, Portuguese noite, Romanian noapte), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, a root shared by English night.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnot͡ʃe/ [ˈno.t͡ʃe]
• Hyphenation: no‧che

Noun

noche f (plural noches)

1. night (the period between sunset and sunrise)

   por la noche ― at night

   Antonym: día

Derived terms

• anoche
• buenas noches
• de la noche a la mañana
• de noche todos los gatos son pardos
• la noche es capa de pecadores
• medianoche
• mesa de noche
• noche cerrada
• noche de perros
• Nochebuena
• nochero
• Nochevieja
• reina de la noche
• terminar la noche (“to call it a night”)

 

Related terms

• anochecer
• nocturno

See also

• mañana
• tarde

Further reading

• “noche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28