anoche

/aˈnot͡ʃe/ · A1 · adv

last night

🌙 anoche = a + noche (night): at night, the one just gone

From Latin ad noctem, literally at night. Spanish fused the preposition a with noche, and the word narrowed to mean the night before today. Compare anteanoche = ante + anoche, the night before last.

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