evening

tarde, noche

Parte del día que va desde las últimas horas de la tarde hasta la medianoche.

En inglés sencillo: The part of the day between late afternoon and midnight.

• See you this evening.
• We usually eat together in the evening.
• Did you enjoy your evening at home?

Antónimos: morning

Expresiones frecuentes: in the evening, this evening, early evening, tomorrow evening

velada

Fiesta u otra reunión social que se celebra al final del día.

En inglés sencillo: A party or other social event held during the later part of the day.

• We attended a musical evening.
• The club holds social evenings every month.
• She invited us to an evening of poetry and music.

Cómo se usa: evening of something (They organized an evening of music and dancing.)

Sinónimos: gathering, party

Expresiones frecuentes: musical evening, charity evening, social evening

ocaso

Última etapa de la vida de una persona o de un largo período histórico.

En inglés sencillo: The final part of someone’s life or of a long period in history.

• She travelled in the evening of her life.
• The novel is set in the evening of a great empire.
• In life’s evening, he returned to his childhood village.

Cómo se usa: the evening of something (He found peace in the evening of his life.)

Sinónimos: closing years, final period

Antónimos: beginning

Expresiones frecuentes: evening of life, evening of empire, life’s evening