noche

noche
feminine noun
1. night (en oposición a día); evening (atardecer)
  • a las diez de la noche -> at ten o'clock at night
  • al caer o cuando cae la noche -> at nightfall
  • ayer (por la) noche -> last night
  • esta noche -> tonight; (próxima) last night (pasada)
  • hacer noche en -> to stay the night in
  • hacerse de noche -> to get dark
  • pasar la noche en claro o vela -> to have a sleepless night
  • de noche, ->
  • por la noche, ->
  • en la noche -> at night (peninsular SpanishAm)
  • trabaja de noche -> she works nights
  • buenas noches -> good evening; (saludo) good night (despedida)
  • de la noche a la mañana -> overnight
  • ser la noche y el día -> to be as different as night and day
  • noche de bodas -> wedding night
  • noche de gala -> gala evening
  • noche de Reyes -> Twelfth Night

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noche [no’-chay]
noun
1. Night. (f)
2. Night, death. (Poetry) (f)
3. Night, state of obscurity, confusion, or ignorance. (f)
  • Anoch -> or ayer noche, last night
  • Noche y día -> night and day, always, constantly
  • De la noche a la mañana -> overnight
  • Hasta muy entrada la noche -> until late at night
  • Hacer noche en un sitio -> to spend the night in a place

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