tarde
Spanish, noun
tarde is spelled T-A-R-D-E (5 letters) and appears 269 times per million words in written Spanish, the 302nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarde is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “afternoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tardar. With an accent, tardé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of tardar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Intervalo de tiempo que transcurre desde el mediodía hasta el anochecer”.
What does tarde mean in English?
adverb
- 1
late (after a specified deadline)
Siempre llega tarde.
- 2
late in the day
noun
- 1
feminineafternoon
por la tarde
- 2
feminineevening (after sunset)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of tardar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. A última hora, cuando el tiempo propicio ya ha pasado o cuando ya se cumplió un plazo acordado.
noun: 1. Intervalo de tiempo que transcurre desde el mediodía hasta el anochecer. 2. Intervalo de tiempo entre el almuerzo y la cena.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tarde
- tard alternative obsolete
- tadre alternative obsolete
- tardes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tarde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tarde in Spanish?
tarde appears 269 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).