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How do you pronounce "tarde" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Say "TAR-duh" — same word as "late", but here meaning "afternoon"; stress the first syllable and let the final "e" fade.
Stress falls on the first syllable; context (usually the preposition "à") tells you whether "tarde" means "late" or "the afternoon".
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Vemo-nos à tarde.
See you in the afternoon.
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"Vemo-nos à tarde" (See you in the afternoon) uses the contraction "à" (a + a, "at/in the") before "tarde" as a noun meaning "the afternoon", distinct from its adverbial use meaning "late" seen elsewhere. This is a classic example of the same Portuguese word doing double duty as both an adjective/adverb and a time-of-day noun, disambiguated entirely by context and the article "à".
Where English speakers slip
Because this is the identical word to "tarde" meaning "late", learners sometimes get confused about which meaning is intended; watching for the preposition "à" right before it (as in "à tarde") is the reliable signal that it means "the afternoon" as a time period. Pronunciation-wise, the same heavy reduction of the final "e" applies as with the adverbial "tarde".