Skip to content

vespero

vespers, evening

noun VES-peh-roh Rare
Time Time of Day

Origin: Latin vesper (evening), cognate with Greek hesperos

Also means

evening star (Venus)

Usage Note

Vespero (also vespro) is the canonical evening hour of prayer in the Catholic liturgy, and by extension the late afternoon/evening hour. Historically famous: I Vespri Siciliani (the Sicilian Vespers, 1282 uprising). Vespero is the more literary/poetic variant; vespro is more common in ecclesiastical and everyday use. The plural vespri is standard.

Examples

"Le campane suonano al vespero."

Natural Translation

The bells ring at vespers.

Explore Italian by topic