véspera

Meaning

1. (feminine) day before; eve
2. (archaic, feminine) afternoon
3. (feminine, in-plural) days preceding a certain event
4. (feminine, in-plural) canonical hour of the divine office that follows the ninth, traditionally at eighteen o'clock

Concepts

eve

evening

🌆

previous day

day before

eventide

nightfall

post meridiem

vesper

evening prayer

afternoon

evetime

dawn

even

evenfall

night

🌃

Synonyms

noite

🌃

tarde

virgília

fim de tarde

anoitecer

vesperal

Translations

víspera

veille

vooravond

vigilia

Vorabend

soirée

🌆

vespre

vesper

akşam

🌆

soir

🌆

avond

🌆

sera

🌆

Abend

🌆

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɛs.pe.ɾɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: víspera

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese vespera, from Latin vespera. Compare Spanish víspera.