Meanings
nounlast night (uncountable)
- adverbialoftenuncountableThe evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Last night was wonderful. Can I see you again?
1 more example
He said he didn't get any sleep last night and I know he hadn't gotten much the previous night.
Synonyms: yesterday night, yestereve and list of other synonyms there
adverblast night (not comparable)
- not comparableduring the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)
We partied last night.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)
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yesterday nightyestereve and list of other synonyms there
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Translations
Afrikaans gisteraand, gisteraand
- gisteraandprevious evening or night
- gisteraandduring the night before today
Arabic اَلْبَارِحَةَ, اَلْبَارِحَةَ
- اَلْبَارِحَةَ (al-bāriḥata)previous evening or night
- اَلْبَارِحَةَ (al-bāriḥata)during the night before today
Basque bart, bart
- bartprevious evening or night
- bartduring the night before today
Bengali কাল রাত
- কাল রাত (kal rat)during the night before today
Bulgarian сно́щи, ноще́с
- сно́щи (snóšti)during the night before today
- ноще́с (noštés)during the night before today
- ноще́ска (noštéska)during the night before today
- вче́ра вечерта́ (včéra večertá)during the night before today
Catalan anit passada, anit
- anit passadaprevious evening or night
- anitprevious evening or night
- anitduring the night before today
Chinese Cantonese 琴晚, 尋晚 /寻晚
- 琴晚 (kam⁴ maan⁵)previous evening or night
- 尋晚 /寻晚 (cam⁴ maan⁵)previous evening or night
Chinese Mandarin 昨天晚上, 昨夜
- 昨天晚上 (zuótiān wǎnshàng)previous evening or night
- 昨夜 (zuóyè)previous evening or night
- 昨晚 (zuówǎn)previous evening or night
- 昨天晚上 (zuótiān wǎnshàng)during the night before today
- 昨夜 (zuóyè)during the night before today
- 昨晚 (zuówǎn)during the night before today
Czech včerejší večer, včera večer
- včerejší večerprevious evening or night
- včera večerduring the night before today
Danish i aftes
- i aftesduring the night before today
Dutch gisterenavond, gisteravond
- gisterenavondprevious evening or night
- gisteravondprevious evening or night
- gisterennachtprevious evening or night
- vannachtprevious evening or night
- gisteravondduring the night before today
- gisterenavondduring the night before today
- gisterennachtduring the night before today
- vannachtduring the night before today
Esperanto hieraŭ vespere, la pasintan nokton
- hieraŭ vespereprevious evening or night
- la pasintan noktonprevious evening or night
- la hieraŭan noktonprevious evening or night
Finnish eilisilta, viime yö
- eilisiltaprevious evening or night
- viime yöprevious evening or night
- eilisiltanaduring the night before today
- eilen illalladuring the night before today
- viime yönäduring the night before today
French hier soir, hier soir
- hier soirprevious evening or night
- hier soirduring the night before today
- la nuit dernièreduring the night before today
- la nuit passéeduring the night before today
German gestern Abend, heute Nacht
- gestern Abendprevious evening or night
- heute Nachtprevious evening or night
- gestern Nachtprevious evening or night
- letzte Nachtprevious evening or night
- gestern Abendduring the night before today
- heute Nachtduring the night before today
- gestern Nachtduring the night before today
- letzte Nachtduring the night before today
Greek εψές
- εψές (epsés)previous evening or night
Hebrew אמש, אֶמֶשׁ
- אמש (émesh)previous evening or night
- אֶמֶשׁ (émesh)during the night before today
Hindi कल रात
- कल रात (kal rāt)during the night before today
Hungarian a tegnap este, a tegnap éjszaka
- a tegnap esteprevious evening or night
- a tegnap éjszakaprevious evening or night
- a múlt éjszakaprevious evening or night
- az elmúlt éjszakaprevious evening or night
- tegnap esteduring the night before today
- tegnap/múlt éjjel/éjszakaduring the night before today
Icelandic í gærkvöldi
- í gærkvöldiduring the night before today
Indonesian kemarin malam, semalam
- kemarin malamprevious evening or night
- semalamduring the night before today
Irish aréir, aréir
- aréirprevious evening or night
- aréirduring the night before today
Italian notte scorsa, ieri notte
- notte scorsaprevious evening or night
- ieri notteprevious evening or night
- ieri seraprevious evening or night
- stanotteprevious evening or night
- iernotteduring the night before today
- ieri notteduring the night before today
- ierseraduring the night before today
Japanese 夕べ, 昨夜
- 夕べ (yūbe)previous evening or night
- 昨夜 (sakuya)previous evening or night
- 昨晩 (sakuban)previous evening or night
- 夕べ (yūbe)during the night before today
- 昨夜 (sakuya)during the night before today
- 昨晩 (sakuban)during the night before today
Korean 지난밤, 어젯밤
- 지난밤 (jinanbam)previous evening or night
- 어젯밤 (eojetbam)previous evening or night
- 어젯밤 (eojetbam)during the night before today
- 어제저녁 (eojejeonyeok)during the night before today
Latin heri vesperi, heri vesperi
- heri vesperiprevious evening or night
- heri vesperiduring the night before today
Lithuanian vakarykštis vakaras, vakarykštė naktis
- vakarykštis vakarasprevious evening or night
- vakarykštė naktisprevious evening or night
- vakar vakareduring the night before today
- vakar naktįduring the night before today
- vakarnaktduring the night before today
Malay malam semalam, malam lepas (Peninsular West Coast incl. KL)
- malam semalamprevious evening or night
- malam lepas (Peninsular West Coast incl. KL)previous evening or night
- semalamprevious evening or night
Māori inapō, nōnapō
- inapōprevious evening or night
- nōnapōprevious evening or night
Norwegian i går kveld
- i går kveldduring the night before today
Norwegian Bokmål i natt
- i nattprevious evening or night
Persian دیشب, دیشب
- دیشب (dišab)previous evening or night
- دیشب (dišab)during the night before today
Polish zeszła noc, zeszłej nocy
- zeszła nocprevious evening or night
- zeszłej nocyduring the night before today
Portuguese noite passada, noite de ontem
- noite passadaprevious evening or night
- noite de ontemprevious evening or night
- ontem à noiteduring the night before today
- ontem de noiteduring the night before today
- noite passadaduring the night before today
Romanian noaptea trecută, azi noapte
- noaptea trecutăprevious evening or night
- azi noapteprevious evening or night
- asearăduring the night before today
- ieri noapteduring the night before today
Russian прошлая ночь, вчера́шний ве́чер
- прошлая ночь (prošlaja nočʹ)previous evening or night
- вчера́шний ве́чер (včerášnij véčer)previous evening or night
- про́шлой но́чью (próšloj nóčʹju)during the night before today
- вчера́ ве́чером (včerá véčerom)during the night before today
Scottish Gaelic a-raoir, a-raoir
- a-raoirprevious evening or night
- a-raoirduring the night before today
Spanish ayer por la noche, anoche
- ayer por la nocheprevious evening or night
- anocheprevious evening or night
- anocheduring the night before today
- ayer por la nocheduring the night before today
Swedish igår kväll, i natt
- igår kvällprevious evening or night
- i nattduring the night before today
- igår kvällduring the night before today
Tagalog kagabi, kagabi
- kagabiprevious evening or night
- kagabiduring the night before today
Thai เมื่อคืน, เมื่อคืน
- เมื่อคืน (mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn)previous evening or night
- เมื่อคืน (mʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn)during the night before today
Turkish dün gece
- dün geceprevious evening or night
Urdu کل رات
- کل رات (kal rāt)during the night before today
Vietnamese tối qua, đêm qua
- tối quaprevious evening or night
- đêm quaprevious evening or night
- tối quaduring the night before today
- đêm quaduring the night before today
Welsh neithiwr, neithiwr
- neithiwrprevious evening or night
- neithiwrduring the night before today
Yiddish נעכטן בײַנאַכט
- נעכטן בײַנאַכט (nekhtn baynakht)during the night before today
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last night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20night
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“last night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20night. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “last night,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20night.
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