last night

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Noun

last night (uncountable)

1. (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

• yesterday night
• see also yestereve and list of other synonyms there

Translations

previous evening or night

• 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)
• 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)

1. 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

• 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
• 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
• 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)

See also

• the night before last
• tonight

Anagrams

• last thing