evening

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• 1 a (after dark) noche (f); (before dark) tarde (f) good evening (early on) = buenas tardes; (later) = buenas noches (before n) evening meal = cena (f) b (period of entertainment) velada (f) (frml), noche (f)

• 2evenings (as adv) (before dark) por la tarde, en la tarde (AmL) , a la tarde or de tarde (RPl) ; (after dark) por la noche, de noche, en la noche (AmL)