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English
Pronunciation
Noun
last night (uncountable )
( often used adverbially ) The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub .)
He said he didn't get any sleep last night and I know he hadn't gotten much the previous night.
Last night was wonderful. Can I see you again?
Synonyms
Translations
previous evening or night
Afrikaans: gisteraand
Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ ( al-bāriḥata )
Armenian: անցած գիշեր ( ancʻac gišer )
Basque: bart (eu)
Bikol Central: kasubanggi (bcl)
Breton: dec'h da noz (br)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: anit passada f , anit (ca)
Cebuano: kagabii
Chinese:
Cantonese: 琴晚 ( kam4 maan5 ) , 尋晚 / 寻晚 ( cam4 maan5 )
Mandarin: 昨天 晚上 ( zuótiān wǎnshàng ) , 昨夜 (zh) ( zuóyè ) , 昨晚 (zh) ( zuówǎn )
Czech: včerejší večer
Dutch: gisterenavond (nl) , gisteravond (nl) , gisterennacht (nl) , ( used to both last night and coming night ) vannacht (nl)
Esperanto: hieraŭ vespere , la pasintan nokton , la hieraŭan nokton
Finnish: eilisilta ( evening ) , viime yö ( night )
French: hier soir
Galician: noite pasada f
Georgian: წუხელ ( c̣uxel )
German: gestern Abend ( before midnight ) ; heute Nacht ( after midnight; can also mean the coming night, depending on tense ) ; gestern Nacht , letzte Nacht ( after midnight; both less common )
Greek: εψές (el) n ( epsés )
Hebrew: אמש (he) ( émesh )
Hiligaynon: kagab-i
Hungarian: ( before approx. 9 PM ) a tegnap este , ( after approx. 9 PM ) a tegnap éjszaka , a múlt éjszaka , az elmúlt éjszaka
Ilocano: idi rabii
Indonesian: kemarin malam
Interlingua: heri vespere
Irish: aréir
Italian: notte scorsa , ieri notte , ieri sera
Ivatan: kahep , kamahep
Japanese: 夕べ (ja) ( ゆうべ, yūbe ) , 昨夜 (ja) ( さくや, sakuya ) , 昨晩 (ja) ( さくばん, sakuban )
Korean: 지난밤 (ko) ( jinanbam ) , 어젯밤 (ko) ( eojetbam )
Latin: heri vesperi
Lithuanian: vakarykštis vakaras m ( evening ) , vakarykštė naktis ( night )
Macedonian: синоќа ( sinoḱa ) , сношти ( snošti )
Malay: malam semalam
Manx: riyr
Maori: inapō , nōnapō
Ngazidja Comorian: djana pvomasihu , emasihu ya djana
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i natt
Nynorsk: i natt
Old English: ġiestranniht f
Pashto: بېګا ( begâ ) , برای ( barây )
Persian: دیشب (fa) ( dišab )
Polish: zeszła noc f
Portuguese: noite passada f , noite de ontem f
Romanian: noaptea trecută f , azi noapte
Russian: прошлая ночь f ( prošlaja nočʹ ) , вчера́шний ве́чер m ( včerášnij véčer )
Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: синоћ , ( night before last night ) прексиноћ , ( two nights before last night ) наксиноћ
Roman: sinoć , ( night before last night ) preksinoć , ( two nights before last night ) naksinoć
Spanish: ayer por la noche , anoche (es)
Swedish: igår kväll
Tagalog: kagabi
Ternate: kaitara
Thai: เมื่อคืน ( mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn )
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: tối qua , đêm qua , đêm qua
Waray-Waray: kagab-i
Welsh: neithiwr m or f
Adverb
last night (not comparable )
during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub .)
We partied last night .
Translations
during the night before today
Afrikaans: gisteraand
Ainu: ウㇰラン ( ukran )
Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ ( al-bāriḥata )
Armenian: անցած գիշեր ( ancʻac gišer )
Azerbaijani: keçən gecə
Basque: bart (eu)
Bengali: কাল রাত ( kal rat )
Breton: dec'h da noz (br)
Bulgarian: сно́щи (bg) ( snóšti ) , ноще́с (bg) ( noštés ) , ноще́ска (bg) ( noštéska ) , вче́ра вечерта́ ( včéra večertá )
Catalan: anit (ca)
Cebuano: kagabii
Chamicuro: lache'ta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 昨天晚上 ( zuótiān wǎnshàng ) , 昨夜 (zh) ( zuóyè ) , 昨晚 (zh) ( zuówǎn )
Chuvash: ҫӗркаҫ ( śĕrk̬aś )
Cornish: nyhewer
Czech: včera večer
Danish: i aftes
Dutch: gisteravond (nl) , gisterenavond (nl) , gisterennacht (nl) , vannacht (nl) (used to both last night and coming night)
Finnish: eilisiltana , eilen illalla ( evening ) , viime yönä ( night )
French: hier soir , la nuit dernière , la nuit passée
Galician: onte á noite
Georgian: წუხელ ( c̣uxel ) , გასულ ღამეს ( gasul ɣames )
German: gestern Abend ( before midnight ) ; heute Nacht ( after midnight; can also mean the coming night, depending on tense ) ; gestern Nacht , letzte Nacht ( after midnight; both less common )
Hindi: कल रात ( kal rāt )
Hungarian: ( before approx. 9 PM ) tegnap este , ( after approx. 9 PM ) tegnap /múlt éjjel /éjszaka
Icelandic: í gærkvöldi
Indonesian: semalam (id)
Interlingua: heri vespere
Irish: aréir
Italian: iernotte (it) , ieri notte , iersera
Ivatan: kahep
Japanese: 夕べ (ja) ( ゆうべ, yūbe ) , 昨夜 (ja) ( さくや, sakuya ) , 昨晩 (ja) ( さくばん, sakuban )
Khmer: យប់មិញ ( yup mɨñ )
Korean: 어젯밤 (ko) ( eojetbam ) , 어제저녁 (ko) ( eojejeonyeok )
Latin: heri vesperi
Lithuanian: vakar vakare ( evening ) , vakar naktį ( night ) , vakarnakt ( night )
Macedonian: синоќа ( sinoḱa ) , сношти ( snošti )
Manx: riyr
Norwegian: i går kveld
Old English: ġiestranniht
Pashto: بېګا ( begâ ) , برای ( barây )
Persian: دیشب (fa) ( dišab )
Plautdietsch: jistrenowent
Polish: zeszłej nocy
Portuguese: ontem à noite , ontem de noite , noite passada
Romanian: aseară (ro) , ieri noapte
Russian: про́шлой но́чью ( próšloj nóčʹju ) , вчера́ ве́чером ( včerá véčerom )
Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir
Sicilian: assira (scn)
Slovene: sinóči (sl)
Spanish: anoche (es) , ayer por la noche
Swedish: i natt (sv) , igår kväll
Tagalog: kagabi
Thai: เมื่อคืน ( mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn )
Tocharian A: nakcu
Tocharian B: nekcīye
Urdu: کل رات ( kal rāt )
Vietnamese: tối qua , đêm qua
Welsh: neithiwr
White Hmong: nag hmo
Yiddish: נעכטן בײַנאַכט ( nekhtn baynakht )
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