tarde

See also: Tarde, tardé, and tärde

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tardē.

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

1. afternoon (part of the day between noon and sunset)
2. evening (time of day between the approximate time of dusk and midnight)

Related terms

• tardar
• tardiu
• tardu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʁd/

Verb

tarde

1. inflection of tarder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• dater, trade, tradé

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Hyphenation: tar‧de

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tarde.

Adverb

tarde

1. late, later

   Synonym: tardeiro

   Antonyms: cedo, pronto

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

1. afternoon or early evening, period between noon and darkness

Derived terms

• tardiña

Etymology 2

Verb

tarde

1. inflection of tardar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Adjective

tarde (comparative plus tarde, superlative le plus tarde)

1. late

Italian

Adjective

tarde

1. feminine plural of tardo

Latin

Etymology

From tardus +‎ -ē.

Adverb

tardē (comparative tardius, superlative tardissimē)

1. slowly
2. tardily
3. late

Related terms

• tardigradus
• tarditās
• tardiusculus

Descendants

• Aragonese: tarde
• Aromanian: tardu, ntardu
• Asturian: tarde
• Catalan: tard
• Corsican: tardu
• Dalmatian: tierč
• Extremaduran: tarde
• French: tard
• Friulian: tard
• Gallurese: taldu, attaldu
• Italian: tardi
• Lombard: tarde
• Ladino: tadre
• Leonese: tarde
• Ligurian: tàrdi
• Mirandese: tarde
• Neapolitan: tarde
• Norman: tard (Guernsey), trad (Jersey)
• Occitan: tard
• Old Occitan: tard
• Old French: tard, tart
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tarde
  • Galician: tarde
  • Portuguese: tarde
• Old Spanish: tarde
  • Ladino: טאדרי, tadre
  • Spanish: tarde
• Piedmontese: tard
• Romanian: târziu
• Sardinian: tardu, tradu
• Sassarese: tardhu
• Sicilian: tardu
• Venetan: tardi
• Walloon: tård

References

• “tarde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tarde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tarde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese tarde.

Adjective

tarde

1. late

   Já chegâ tarde vai siviço ― He got to work late

   Istupôr di Secundino, tudo dia chegâ na casa assí tarde, certo têm cegónha.

   That idiot Secudino, arriving home so late every day, he must have a lover.

Noun

tarde

1. afternoon

Usage notes

• Largely only used in the phrase bô-tarde.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈtaɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈtaɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɻ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾ.dɨ/ [ˈtaɾ.ðɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɦ.di/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɹd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -aɾdɨ
• Hyphenation: tar‧de

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tardē (“tardily; late”, adverb), from tardus (“late”, adjective). Compare French tard, Spanish tarde and related to English tardy.

tarde

Adverb

tarde

1. late (near the end of a period of time)

   Synonym: tardiamente

   Antonym: cedo

   Maria acordou tarde no fim de semana.

   Maria woke up late on the weekend.

2. late (specifically, near the end of the day)

   Antonym: cedo

3. late (not arriving until after an expected time)

   Synonym: atrasado

   Antonym: cedo

   O aluno chegou tarde e não pôde entrar na escola.

   The student arrived late and couldn't get in the school.

Derived terms

• mais tarde
• tarde demais

Related terms

• tardador
• tardamente
• tardamento
• tardança
• tardão
• tardar
• tardego
• tardiamente
• tardinheiro
• tardio
• tardo
• tardonho

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

1. afternoon

   Coordinate terms: madrugada, manhã, meio-dia, noite

   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

   • 1998, Soulfly, Los Hooligans, Umbabarauma:

     Olha que a cidade toda ficou vazia nessa tarde bonita pra te ver jogar.

     Look how the whole city emptied out on this beautiful afternoon to watch you play

Derived terms

• à tarde
• boa tarde
• tardezinha (diminutive)
• tardinha

Related terms

• entardecente
• entardecer
• tardeiro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tarde

1. inflection of tardar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: tar‧de

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish tarde, from Latin tardē.

Adjective

tarde m or f (masculine and feminine plural tardes)

1. late

   Synonym: tardío

   Antonym: temprano

   demasiado poco, demasiado tarde ― too little, too late

Derived terms

• atardecer
• como muy tarde
• de tarde a tarde
• de tarde en tarde
• hacerse tarde
• llegar tarde
• más tarde o más temprano
• más vale tarde que nunca
• nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena
• para luego es tarde
• quien llega tarde, ni oye misa ni come carne (dated)
• tarde o temprano
• tarde, mal y nunca
• tardísimo
• tardón

Related terms

• tardar
• tardío
• tardo

Adverb

tarde

1. late

   Antonym: temprano

   Siempre llega tarde. ― He/she always arrives late.

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

1. afternoon

   por la tarde ― in the afternoon

   Buenas tardes. ― Good afternoon.

2. evening (after sunset)

   Synonym: noche

Derived terms

• a la caída de la tarde
• buenas tardes
• el día del juicio por la tarde
• tarde-noche

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tarde

1. inflection of tardar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tarde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10