Italian Word of the Day: Sera (evening)

following morning (morning)and afternoon (afternoon), we go through the penultimate phase of the day, which is Sierra (night).

The plural form of this feminine noun is Sereusing the following definite and indefinite articles:

• This will be = night
• night = night
• one night = one night
• at night = (some) evenings

Sierra from Late Latin sulfurwhich is an ellipsis will die (“later in the day”).

Unlike its English counterpart, the Italian word Sierra not only the concept night but also extends to night (night).Therefore, time expressions such as tonight (tonight), Tomorrow evening (Tomorrow evening), and last night (last night) can also mean tonight, Tomorrow eveningand last night respectively.

Some common words and expressions include Sierra include:

if the word Sierra You already seem familiar, probably because it’s included in the common formal greetings Good evening significance Good evening! Note that this expression can be used from late afternoon onwards (usually from around 5pm).

If you come across the expression from night(IE evening dress = evening dress), which indicates a particular type of clothing or accessory intended to be worn in the evening to an important dinner, party, gala, etc.

Very similar to the English equivalent of the proverb is The sky is red at night, I hope it will be a good weather (literally “red in the evening, hope the weather is good”).In English we would say Red skies at night, a sailor’s delight.

In Italian philology, Sierra It is also a metaphor for the second half of a person’s life. last night (literally “last night”), for example, is a euphemism for die (die).