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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂dos

Proto-Italic *tardos

Latin tardus

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ē

Latin tarde

Old Galician-Portuguese tarde

Galician tarde

Inherited 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.de/
• Rhymes: -arde
• Hyphenation: tàr‧de

Adjective

tarde

1. feminine plural of tardo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂dos

Proto-Italic *tardos

Latin tardus

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ē

Latin tardē

From tardus (“slow”) + -ē (adverbial suffix).

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: tadre / טאדרי, tarde / טארדי
  • Spanish: tarde, tard, tadre (obsolete)
• 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

Derived 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/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɻ.d͡ʒi/

 

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

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

• (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, “Umbabarauma” (01:05-01:13 from the start), in Soulfly‎^[1] (Nu Metal), performed by Soulfly and Los Hooligans:

     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

Further reading

• “tarde”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tarde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tard, tadre (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: tar‧de

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂dos

Proto-Italic *tardos

Latin tardus

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ē

Latin tardē

Old Spanish tarde

Spanish tarde

Inherited from Old Spanish tarde, from Latin tardē.

For the term meaning both “evening” and “late”, compare typologically Mongolian орой (oroi), Chinese 晚 (wǎn), Latin sērōtinus. Also compare Italian sera, French soir (from Latin sērus).

Adverb

tarde

1. late (after a specified deadline)

   Antonym: temprano

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

2. late in the day

   Antonym: temprano

Derived terms

• como muy tarde
• hacerse tarde
• llegar tarde
• más 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
• tardecito
• tardísimo

Related terms

• tardar (verb)
• tardío (adjective)
• tardo

Noun

tarde f (plural tardes)

1. afternoon

   por la tarde ― in the afternoon

   Buenas tardes. ― Good afternoon.

   • 2025 October 19, Redacción GH, “Ataque armado deja dos muertos en un car wash de la colonia Las Cruces”, in El Imparcial‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 October 2025:

     Dos trabajadores de un car wash fueron asesinados la tarde de este sábado durante un ataque armado registrado en la colonia Las Cruces, en la delegación San Antonio de los Buenos.

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2. evening (after sunset)

   Synonym: noche

Derived terms

• a la caída de la tarde
• atardecer
• buenas tardes
• de tarde a tarde
• de tarde en tarde
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025