Afternoon/ Evening – la tarde
(Pronounced tar-day)
To remember that afternoon/evening is pronounced tar-day (tarde) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
In the afternoon, she remembered it was tar-day (tarde) – when the workmen came to re-lay her drive.
Tarde is feminine, so it’s la tarde. Imagine lady friends taking afternoon tea.
Examples of tarde (afternoon/evening) in a sentence
Nos vemos esta tarde para tomar café.
(We'll see each other this afternoon for coffee.)
El concierto empieza a las ocho de la tarde.
(The concert starts at eight in the evening.)
Cada tarde doy un paseo por el parque.
(Every afternoon I take a walk in the park.)
