Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

escuela nocturna

English translation:

night school

Added to glossary by Marcelo González
May 4, 2006 03:37
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

escuela nocturna

Spanish to English Other Education / Pedagogy
"Asiste a una escuela nocturna." (Argentina)

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night school

He attends night school.

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-05-04 03:43:44 GMT)
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night school
n.
A school that holds classes in the evening.
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agree JaneTranslates : That's it, plain and simple. Nice to see you featured on the Home page a few minutes ago, Marcelo!
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evening shool/ evening lessons

Yo lo diría así. Es mas común como "collocation" y realmente esta modalidad aunque se llame nocturna en español, no implica que se pasen la noche en clase, sino la tarde-noche. En gallego diríamos "o serán" (=evening)

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Perdón. Una errata. Quise decir evening school, no shool.
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evening classes

While night school, etc., obviously exists, the usual way of saying it here in Britain is: evening classes.

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agree Dr. Andrew Frankland
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agree Carol Gullidge : meant to add: agree this is the UK English vsn (not night school)!
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Thank you both
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