arvo
3
9.9
The afternoon in Australian informal English
- noun
- Australian
:
tarde
- That was when footy was played on a Saturday arvo.
Examples
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I should be able to make it in by this arvo.
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Late tomorrow arvo.
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We'll stay here the night, and we'll be back at the farm by tomorrow arvo.
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In the arvo.
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I've told our dumbfuck supervisor I've got a migraine coming on, so I'll get the arvo off.
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We'll stay here the night, and we'll be back at the farm by tomorrow arvo.
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Hey, I'm having a party this Saturday arvo.
Synonyms
afternoon
vsarvo
∞
1.0
The time between noon and evening
is an informal Australian term used for the same time of day
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arvo comes from afternoon, where Australians shorten the word and add the friendly ending -o that appears in many casual Aussie words. So, arvo is an informal way to say 'afternoon'.