Phrase guide

last night

adv · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • We partied last night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: adverbial, often, uncountable

Examples

  • 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?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gisteraand — during the night before today
  • Ainu: ウㇰラン (ukran) — during the night before today
  • Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ (al-bāriḥata) — during the night before today
  • Armenian: անցած գիշեր (ancʻac gišer) — during the night before today
  • Azerbaijani: keçən gecə — during the night before today
  • Basque: bart — during the night before today
  • Bengali: কাল রাত (kal rat) — during the night before today
  • Breton: dec'h da noz — during the night before today
  • Bulgarian: сно́щи (snóšti) — during the night before today
  • Bulgarian: ноще́с (noštés) — during the night before today
  • Bulgarian: ноще́ска (noštéska) — during the night before today
  • Bulgarian: вче́ра вечерта́ (včéra večertá) — during the night before today
  • Catalan: anit — during the night before today
  • Cebuano: kagabii — during the night before today
  • Chamicuro: lache'ta — during the night before today
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昨天晚上 (zuótiān wǎnshàng) — during the night before today
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昨夜 (zuóyè) — during the night before today
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昨晚 (zuówǎn) — during the night before today
  • Chuvash: ҫӗркаҫ (śĕrk̬aś) — during the night before today
  • Cornish: nyhewer — during the night before today
  • Czech: včera večer — during the night before today
  • Danish: i aftes — during the night before today
  • Dutch: gisteravond — during the night before today
  • Dutch: gisterenavond — during the night before today
  • Dutch: gisterennacht — during the night before today
  • Dutch: vannacht — during the night before today
  • Finnish: eilisiltana — during the night before today
  • Finnish: eilen illalla — during the night before today
  • Finnish: viime yönä — during the night before today
  • French: hier soir — during the night before today
  • French: la nuit dernière — during the night before today
  • French: la nuit passée — during the night before today
  • Galician: onte á noite — during the night before today
  • Georgian: წუხელ (c̣uxel) — during the night before today
  • Georgian: გასულ ღამეს (gasul ɣames) — during the night before today
  • German: gestern Abend — during the night before today
  • German: heute Nacht — during the night before today
  • German: gestern Nacht — during the night before today
  • German: letzte Nacht — during the night before today
  • Hebrew: אֶמֶשׁ (émesh) — during the night before today
  • Hindi: कल रात (kal rāt) — during the night before today
  • White Hmong: nag hmo — during the night before today
  • Hungarian: tegnap este — during the night before today
  • Hungarian: tegnap/múlt éjjel/éjszaka — during the night before today
  • Icelandic: í gærkvöldi — during the night before today
  • Indonesian: semalam — during the night before today
  • Interlingua: heri vespere — during the night before today
  • Irish: aréir — during the night before today
  • Italian: iernotte — during the night before today
  • Italian: ieri notte — during the night before today
  • Italian: iersera — during the night before today
  • Ivatan: kahep — during the night before today
  • Japanese: 夕べ (yūbe) — during the night before today
  • Japanese: 昨夜 (sakuya) — during the night before today
  • Japanese: 昨晩 (sakuban) — during the night before today
  • Khmer: យប់មិញ (yup mɨñ) — during the night before today
  • Korean: 어젯밤 (eojetbam) — during the night before today
  • Korean: 어제저녁 (eojejeonyeok) — during the night before today
  • Latin: heri vesperi — during the night before today
  • Lithuanian: vakar vakare — during the night before today
  • Lithuanian: vakar naktį — during the night before today
  • Lithuanian: vakarnakt — during the night before today
  • Macedonian: синоќа (sinoḱa) — during the night before today
  • Macedonian: сношти (snošti) — during the night before today
  • Manx: riyr — during the night before today
  • Marshallese: bon̄ — during the night before today
  • Norwegian: i går kveld — during the night before today
  • Old English: ġiestranniht — during the night before today
  • Pashto: بېګا (begâ) — during the night before today
  • Pashto: برای (barây) — during the night before today
  • Persian: دیشب (dišab) — during the night before today
  • Plautdietsch: jistrenowent — during the night before today
  • Polish: zeszłej nocy — during the night before today
  • Portuguese: ontem à noite — during the night before today
  • Portuguese: ontem de noite — during the night before today
  • Portuguese: noite passada — during the night before today
  • Romanian: aseară — during the night before today
  • Romanian: ieri noapte — during the night before today
  • Russian: про́шлой но́чью (próšloj nóčʹju) — during the night before today
  • Russian: вчера́ ве́чером (včerá véčerom) — during the night before today
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir — during the night before today
  • Sicilian: assira — during the night before today
  • Slovene: sinóči — during the night before today
  • Spanish: anoche — during the night before today
  • Spanish: ayer por la noche — during the night before today
  • Swedish: i natt — during the night before today
  • Swedish: igår kväll — during the night before today
  • Tagalog: kagabi — during the night before today
  • Lower Tanana: teddha — during the night before today
  • Thai: เมื่อคืน (mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn) — during the night before today
  • Tocharian A: nakcu — during the night before today
  • Tocharian B: nekcīye — during the night before today
  • Urdu: کل رات (kal rāt) — during the night before today
  • Vietnamese: tối qua — during the night before today
  • Vietnamese: đêm qua — during the night before today
  • Welsh: neithiwr — during the night before today
  • Yiddish: נעכטן בײַנאַכט (nekhtn baynakht) — during the night before today
  • Afrikaans: gisteraand — previous evening or night
  • Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ (al-bāriḥata) — previous evening or night
  • Armenian: անցած գիշեր (ancʻac gišer) — previous evening or night
  • Basque: bart — previous evening or night
  • Central Bikol: kasubanggi — previous evening or night
  • Breton: dec'h da noz — previous evening or night
  • Catalan: anit passada — previous evening or night
  • Catalan: anit — previous evening or night
  • Cebuano: kagabii — previous evening or night
  • Chinese Cantonese: 琴晚 (kam4 maan5) — previous evening or night
  • Chinese Cantonese: 尋晚 /寻晚 (cam4 maan5) — previous evening or night
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昨天晚上 (zuótiān wǎnshàng) — previous evening or night
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昨夜 (zuóyè) — previous evening or night
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昨晚 (zuówǎn) — previous evening or night
  • Ngazidja Comorian: djana pvomasihu — previous evening or night
  • Ngazidja Comorian: emasihu ya djana — previous evening or night
  • Czech: včerejší večer — previous evening or night
  • Dutch: gisterenavond — previous evening or night
  • Dutch: gisteravond — previous evening or night
  • Dutch: gisterennacht — previous evening or night
  • Dutch: vannacht — previous evening or night
  • Esperanto: hieraŭ vespere — previous evening or night
  • Esperanto: la pasintan nokton — previous evening or night
  • Esperanto: la hieraŭan nokton — previous evening or night
  • Finnish: eilisilta — previous evening or night
  • Finnish: viime yö — previous evening or night
  • French: hier soir — previous evening or night
  • Galician: noite pasada — previous evening or night
  • Georgian: წუხელ (c̣uxel) — previous evening or night
  • German: gestern Abend — previous evening or night
  • German: heute Nacht — previous evening or night
  • German: gestern Nacht — previous evening or night
  • German: letzte Nacht — previous evening or night
  • Greek: εψές (epsés) — previous evening or night
  • Hebrew: אמש (émesh) — previous evening or night
  • Hiligaynon: kagab-i — previous evening or night
  • Hungarian: a tegnap este — previous evening or night
  • Hungarian: a tegnap éjszaka — previous evening or night
  • Hungarian: a múlt éjszaka — previous evening or night
  • Hungarian: az elmúlt éjszaka — previous evening or night
  • Ilocano: idi rabii — previous evening or night
  • Indonesian: kemarin malam — previous evening or night
  • Interlingua: heri vespere — previous evening or night
  • Irish: aréir — previous evening or night
  • Italian: notte scorsa — previous evening or night
  • Italian: ieri notte — previous evening or night
  • Italian: ieri sera — previous evening or night
  • Italian: stanotte — previous evening or night
  • Ivatan: kahep — previous evening or night
  • Ivatan: kamahep — previous evening or night
  • Japanese: 夕べ (yūbe) — previous evening or night
  • Japanese: 昨夜 (sakuya) — previous evening or night
  • Japanese: 昨晩 (sakuban) — previous evening or night
  • Korean: 지난밤 (jinanbam) — previous evening or night
  • Korean: 어젯밤 (eojetbam) — previous evening or night
  • Latin: heri vesperi — previous evening or night
  • Lithuanian: vakarykštis vakaras — previous evening or night
  • Lithuanian: vakarykštė naktis — previous evening or night
  • Macedonian: синоќа (sinoḱa) — previous evening or night
  • Macedonian: сношти (snošti) — previous evening or night
  • Malay: malam semalam — previous evening or night
  • Malay: malam lepas (Peninsular West Coast incl. KL) — previous evening or night
  • Malay: semalam — previous evening or night
  • Manx: riyr — previous evening or night
  • Māori: inapō — previous evening or night
  • Māori: nōnapō — previous evening or night
  • Marshallese: bon̄ — previous evening or night
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i natt — previous evening or night
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i natt — previous evening or night
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i går kveld — previous evening or night
  • Old English: ġiestranniht — previous evening or night
  • Pashto: بېګا (begâ) — previous evening or night
  • Pashto: برای (barây) — previous evening or night
  • Persian: دیشب (dišab) — previous evening or night
  • Polish: zeszła noc — previous evening or night
  • Portuguese: noite passada — previous evening or night
  • Portuguese: noite de ontem — previous evening or night
  • Romanian: noaptea trecută — previous evening or night
  • Romanian: azi noapte — previous evening or night
  • Russian: прошлая ночь (prošlaja nočʹ) — previous evening or night
  • Russian: вчера́шний ве́чер (včerášnij véčer) — previous evening or night
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir — previous evening or night
  • Serbo-Croatian: синоћ — previous evening or night
  • Serbo-Croatian: прексиноћ — previous evening or night
  • Serbo-Croatian: наксиноћ — previous evening or night
  • Serbo-Croatian: sinoć — previous evening or night
  • Serbo-Croatian: preksinoć — previous evening or night
  • Serbo-Croatian: naksinoć — previous evening or night
  • Spanish: ayer por la noche — previous evening or night
  • Spanish: anoche — previous evening or night
  • Swedish: igår kväll — previous evening or night
  • Tagalog: kagabi — previous evening or night
  • Ternate: kaitara — previous evening or night
  • Thai: เมื่อคืน (mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn) — previous evening or night
  • Turkish: dün gece — previous evening or night
  • Vietnamese: tối qua — previous evening or night
  • Vietnamese: đêm qua — previous evening or night
  • Waray-Waray: kagab-i — previous evening or night
  • Welsh: neithiwr — previous evening or night