buonasera

See also: buona sera

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare French bonsoir, Romanian bună seara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbwɔnaˈseːra/
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Interjection

buonasera

  1. (regional) good afternoon
  2. good evening

Usage notes

The division between pomeriggio and sera varies regionally; in much of Italy the division occurs approximately around 5pm. But in the far south sera can also mean “afternoon” as as well as “evening”.[1]

See also

References

  1. Martin Maiden; Cecilia Robustelli (2007) A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian (Routledge Reference Grammars), Kindle edition, Taylor and Francis
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