last night

last night

English

Noun

last night (uncountable)

1. (often used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present.

   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 (ancʿac 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 (yue) (kam4 maan5), 尋晚 (yue), 寻晚 (yue) (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 Interlingua: heri vespere Irish: aréir Italian: notte scorsa, ieri notte, ieri sera 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) 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: sinoć, (night before last night) preksinoć, (two nights before last night) naksinoć Spanish: ayer por la noche, anoche (es) Swedish: i gårkväll 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

   We partied last night.

Translations

during the night before today

Ainu: ウㇰラン (ukran) Arabic: اَلْبَارِحَةَ‎ (al-bāriḥata) Armenian: անցած գիշեր (ancʿac gišer) Azerbaijani: keçən gecə Basque: bart (eu) Breton: dec'h da noz (br) Bulgarian: сно́щи (bg) (snóšti) Catalan: anit (ca) 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 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) 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