tarde

From Latin tardē.

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)

• IPA^(key): /taʁd/

tarde

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

• dater, trade, tradé

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tarde.

tarde

1. late, later

   Synonym: tardeiro

   Antonyms: cedo, pronto

tarde f (plural tardes)

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

• tardiña

tarde

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

tarde (comparative plus tarde, superlative le plus tarde)

1. late

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

tarde

1. feminine plural of tardo

From tardus + -ē.

tardē (comparative tardius, superlative tardissimē)

1. slowly
2. tardily
3. late

• “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.

From Portuguese tarde.

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.

tarde

1. afternoon

• Largely only used in the phrase bô-tarde.

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

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

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

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

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.

• mais tarde
• tarde demais

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”, 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

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

• entardecente
• entardecer
• tardeiro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tarde

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

• “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

• tard, tadre

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾde/ [ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: tar‧de

Inherited from Old Spanish tarde, from Latin tardē.

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

tarde m or f (masculine and feminine plural tardes)

1. late

   Synonym: tardío

   Antonym: temprano

   demasiado poco, demasiado tarde ― too little, too late

tarde

1. late

   Antonym: temprano

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

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^[1], 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tarde

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

• “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