tarde

late

adverb TAHR-deh Common

Origin: from Latin tarde (slowly, too late)

Also means

afternoon; evening

Usage Note

Tarde as an adverb means 'late': llegué tarde ('I arrived late'). As a feminine noun la tarde means 'the afternoon' or 'the early evening': buenas tardes is the standard greeting from roughly midday until dusk. The expression más vale tarde que nunca ('better late than never') is a common proverb. Its opposite as an adverb is temprano ('early').

Examples

"Llegamos tarde al teatro."

Natural Translation

We arrived late to the theatre.

Literal Translation

We-arrived late to-the theatre

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