noche

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔtʃɛ/

noche f (Latin spelling)

1. night

From Old Spanish noche, from an earlier *noite, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox (compare Catalan nit, French nuit, Italian notte, Portuguese noite, Romanian noapte), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, a root shared by English night.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnot͡ʃe/
• Hyphenation: no‧che

noche f (plural noches)

1. night (the period between sunset and sunrise)

   por la noche ― at night

   Antonym: día

• anochecer
• nocturno

• mañana
• tarde

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