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evening(

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (time of day)

a. la tarde

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

(before dark)

I was thinking about going shopping in the evening.Estaba pensando en ir de compras por la tarde.

b. la noche

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

(after dark)

My friends are coming over for dinner this evening.Mis amigos vienen a cenar conmigo esta noche.

evening

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (earlier)

a. la tarde

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

2. (later)

a. la noche

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

tomorrow eveningmañana por la tarde/noche

yesterday eveningayer (por la) tarde/noche

3. (colloquial)

evening!¡buenas tardes/noches! ¡nas tardes/noches!

in the eveningpor la tarde/noche

a musical/cultural eveninguna velada musical/cultural

evening classclase nocturna

evening dresstraje m de etiqueta

evening paperperiódico vespertino or de la tarde

evening performancesesión f de noche

evening [ˈiːvnɪŋ]

noun

(before dark) tarde (f); (after dark) noche (f)

in the evening por la tarde/noche; this evening esta tarde/noche; tomorrow/yesterday evening mañana/ayer por la tarde/noche; on Sunday evening el domingo por la tarde/noche; evening was coming on estaba atardeciendo/anocheciendo; she spends her evenings knitting pasa las tardes haciendo punto; good evening! (early) ¡buenas tardes!; (after sunset) ¡buenas noches!

modifier

evening class (n) clase (f) nocturna

evening dress (n) (woman's) traje (m) de noche; (man's) traje (m) de etiqueta

in evening dress (man, woman) vestidoavestida de etiqueta;a vestida

evening fixture (n) (Dep) partido (m) por la noche

evening institute (n) escuela (f) nocturna

evening match (n)

evening fixture See culture box in entry evening.

evening paper (n) periódico (m) de la tarde; vespertino (m)

evening performance (n) (Teat) función (f) de noche

evening prayers (n)

evening service See culture box in entry evening.

evening service (n) (Rel) vísperas (f); misa (f) vespertina

evening star (n) estrella (f) de Venus

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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good evening	buenas noches
in the evening	por la tarde por la noche
this evening	esta tarde
have a good evening	que pases una buena tarde
good evening everyone	buenas noches a todos
have a nice evening	que tengas una buena noche
every evening	todas las tardes
What are you doing this evening?	¿Qué haces esta tarde? ¿Qué haces esta noche?
good evening, my love	buenas noches, mi amor
yesterday evening	ayer por la noche
Good evening. How are you?	Buenas noches. ¿Cómo estás?
that evening	esa tarde
evening dew	rocío de la noche
each evening	cada noche
enjoy your evening	disfruta tu noche
Maria puts the baby to bed at seven in the evening	María mete al bebé en la cama a las siete de la noche
Juan goes to bed at ten in the evening	Juan se acuesta a las diez de la noche
good evening, beautiful lady	buenas noches, hermosa dama
Good evening.	Buenas noches.
evening class	el nocturno