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How to say "night" in Spanish
"Night" in Spanish is noche, pronounced NOH-cheh (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a feminine noun (la noche, plural las noches).
| Spanish | noche |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | NOH-cheh |
| Meaning | night |
| Gender | feminine: la noche |
| Plural | las noches |
| Frequency | #8 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce noche
Noche is pronounced NOH-cheh, in IPA /ˈnot͡ʃe/. Noche has two syllables, NOH-cheh, with the stress on the first. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
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Is noche masculine or feminine?
Noche is feminine, so it takes la (the) and una (a): la noche. The plural is las noches. The ending does not tell you the gender here, so learn the word together with its article: la noche.
Example sentences
Es de noche
It is night
La fiesta es por la noche.
The party is at night.
Por la noche leo un poco.
At night I read a little.
"Night" in Spain and Latin America
Useful phrases
- Buenas noches.
Good evening / good night (both). - esta noche
tonight - anoche
last night
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember noche
noche [NOH-cheh] sounds like the English “no che(ck)”. Picture this:
At night the waiter brings no check — the restaurant dissolves into stars around you.
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