βράδυ
Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- (misspelling) βράδι n (vrádi)
Etymology
editFrom Byzantine Greek βραδύ (bradú), from Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”), due to it being the last part of the day and for it seeming to be the longest wait for it to arrive (compare the similar semantic development of Spanish tarde).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editβράδυ • (vrády)
- at night, by night, nightly
- Τι βγήκε βράδυ μέσα στο σκοτάδι να κάνει βόλτα;
- Ti vgíke vrády mésa sto skotádi na kánei vólta?
- What was he doing going out for a walk at night in the dark?
Noun
editβράδυ • (vrády) n (plural βράδια)
- evening (period between sunset and full dark)
- Το βράδυ πάμε πάντα περίπατο στη θάλασσα.
- To vrády páme pánta perípato sti thálassa.
- We always go for a stroll by the sea in the evening.
- (by extension) night, evening (period between sunset and sunrise)
- Αυτός είναι παράξενος· τον βρίσκεις να τριγυρνάει πάντα το βράδυ.
- Aftós eínai paráxenos; ton vrískeis na trigyrnáei pánta to vrády.
- He's odd; you always find him wandering around at night.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | βράδυ (vrády) | βράδια (vrádia) |
genitive | βραδιού (vradioú) | βραδιών (vradión) |
accusative | βράδυ (vrády) | βράδια (vrádia) |
vocative | βράδυ (vrády) | βράδια (vrádia) |
Synonyms
edit- (at night): βραδιάτικα (vradiátika), νυχτιάτικα (nychtiátika)
- (evening): εσπέρα f (espéra, “dusk”)
- (night): νύχτα f (nýchta, “night”)
Antonyms
editDerived terms
edit- να μη με βρει το βράδυ (na mi me vrei to vrády, “cross my heart and hope to die”, literally “that night won't find me”)
- που να μη σε βρει το βράδυ (pou na mi se vrei to vrády, “may you be struck dead”, literally “that night won't find you”)
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