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stanotte

tonight

adverb stah-NOT-teh Rare

Also means

last night

Usage Note

Stanotte can refer to either the coming night (tonight) or the night just past (last night), depending on context and tense of the verb. This ambiguity is a genuine pitfall: stanotte ho dormito male means 'last night I slept badly', while stanotte non dormirò means 'tonight I won't sleep'. Context and verb tense resolve it.

Examples

"Stanotte c'è stata un'eclissi di luna."

Natural Translation

Last night there was a lunar eclipse.

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