noche

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔtʃɛ/

Noun

noche f (Latin spelling)

1. night
   • 2019, Silvyo OVADYA, “Hanukah Alegre”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[2]:

     Alhad la noche vamos a asender la primera kandela de muestras Hanukiyas.

     Sunday night we're going to light the first candle on our Hanukiyas.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, cognate with English night.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnotʃe/

Noun

noche f (plural noches)

1. night

Descendants

• Ladino: noche
• Spanish: noche

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem (compare Catalan nit, French nuit, Italian notte, Portuguese noite, Romanian noapte).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnot͡ʃe/ [ˈno.t͡ʃe]

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• Rhymes: -otʃe
• Syllabification: no‧che

Noun

noche f (plural noches)

1. night (the period between sunset and sunrise)

   Antonym: día

   por la noche ― at night

   durante la noche ― at night / overnight / at night time

2. evening (after sunset)

   Synonym: tarde

Derived terms

• a boca de noche
• a buenas noches
• a la caída de la noche
• alcalde de noche
• anoche
• anteojo de noche
• bella de noche
• buenas noches
• dama de noche
• de la noche a la mañana
• de noche
• de noche todos los gatos son pardos
• día y noche
• dondiego de noche
• durante la noche
• el día y la noche
• galán de noche
• hacerse de noche
• la noche de los tiempos
• la noche es capa de pecadores
• medianoche
• mesa de noche
• mesilla de noche
• mesita de noche
• mico de noche
• noche cerrada
• noche de bodas
• Noche de Brujas
• noche de perros
• noche oscura del alma
• noche y día
• Nochebuena
• nochero
• Nochevieja
• reina de la noche
• rollo de una noche
• saco de noche
• tarde-noche
• terminar la noche (“to call it a night”)
• traje de noche

 

Adverb

noche

1. (late) at night, after dark, nocturnally

   Synonyms: de noche, por la noche

   Me gusta jugar videojugos noche.

   I like playing videogames at night.

   LLegamos a casa muy noche.

   We arrived home well late at night.

   Ya es algo noche, tengo que ir a dormir.

   It's somewhat late at night, I need to go to sleep.

Usage notes

In Mexico and Central America, the adverb might accept degree adverbs (e.g. algo, muy, un poco, etc.), shifting its meaning to "late at night". The same phenomenon is observed in de noche (e.g. "Es muy de noche para estudiar." ("It's too late at night to study.")).

Related terms

• anochecer
• nocturno

 

See also

• mañana
• tarde

Further reading

• “noche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28