buenas tardes

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish buenas tardes.

Pronunciation

• • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbwe.nas ˈtaɻ.des/

Phrase

buenas tardes

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) good afternoon

   Synonym: boa tarde

Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbwenas ˈtaɾdes/ [ˌbwe.nas ˈt̪aɾ.ð̞es]

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• Syllabification: bue‧nas tar‧des

Interjection

buenas tardes

1. good afternoon (used as a greeting in the afternoon (the part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm))
2. good evening (used as a greeting in the evening (the time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight; the period after the end of regular office working hours))

Descendants

• Portuguese: buenas tardes

Further reading

• “buenas tardes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014