Phrase guide

this evening

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

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1

adv

Meaning 1

During the evening of today.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Normally I stay at home in the evening, but this evening I'm going to the movies.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

during the night of the present day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • drop by tonight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tonight, this night

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 今天晚上 (jīntiān wǎnshang) — during the evening of today
  • Chinese Mandarin: 今晚 (jīnwǎn) — during the evening of today
  • Danish: i aften — during the evening of today
  • Dutch: vanavond — during the evening of today
  • Esperanto: ĉi-vespere — during the evening of today
  • Estonian: täna õhtul — during the evening of today
  • Finnish: tänä iltana — during the evening of today
  • French: ce soir — during the evening of today
  • Galician: esta tarde — during the evening of today
  • Galician: este serán — during the evening of today
  • Georgian: ამ საღამოს (am saɣamos) — during the evening of today
  • Georgian: დღეს საღამოს (dɣes saɣamos) — during the evening of today
  • German: heute Abend — during the evening of today
  • Greek: απόψε (apópse) — during the evening of today
  • Greek: σήμερα το βράδυ (símera to vrády) — during the evening of today
  • Hungarian: ma este — during the evening of today
  • Icelandic: í kvöld — during the evening of today
  • Ido: cavespere — during the evening of today
  • Irish: tráthnóna — during the evening of today
  • Italian: stasera — during the evening of today
  • Japanese: 今夜 (kon'ya) — during the evening of today
  • Japanese: 今晩 (konban) — during the evening of today
  • Korean: 오늘 밤에 (oneul bame) — during the evening of today
  • Latvian: šovakar — during the evening of today
  • Marathi: आज संध्याकाळी (āj sandhyākāḷī) — during the evening of today
  • Norman: à ces sé — during the evening of today
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i kveld — during the evening of today
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i kveld — during the evening of today
  • Plautdietsch: venowent — during the evening of today
  • Polish: wieczorem — during the evening of today
  • Portuguese: nesta noitinha — during the evening of today
  • Portuguese: esta tarde — during the evening of today
  • Portuguese: esta noite — during the evening of today
  • Portuguese: hoje à tarde — during the evening of today
  • Portuguese: hoje à noite — during the evening of today
  • Russian: сего́дня ве́чером (sevódnja véčerom) — during the evening of today
  • Serbo-Croatian: вечѐрас — during the evening of today
  • Serbo-Croatian: večèras — during the evening of today
  • Sicilian: stasira — during the evening of today
  • Spanish: esta tarde — during the evening of today
  • Spanish: esta noche — during the evening of today
  • Swahili: jioni ya leo — during the evening of today
  • Swahili: leo jioni — during the evening of today
  • Swedish: i kväll — during the evening of today
  • Ukrainian: сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri) — during the evening of today
  • Ukrainian: цього́ ве́чора (cʹohó véčora) — during the evening of today
  • Urdu: آج شام (āj śām) — during the evening of today
  • Volapük: asoaro — during the evening of today
  • Welsh: heno — during the evening of today