de tarde a tarde: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
  • Occasionally; from time to time, especially referring to events that occur in the afternoon or evening.
  • At intervals that include or recur each afternoon/evening.

  Examples

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  • De tarde a tarde, me gusta sentarme en la terraza a leer un libro.

    Occasionally in the afternoons, I like to sit on the terrace and read a book.

  • Nos vemos de tarde a tarde para tomar un café y charlar un rato.

    We meet from time to time in the afternoons to have coffee and chat for a while.

  • De tarde a tarde, la plaza se llena de gente que disfruta el buen clima.

    Occasionally in the afternoons, the square fills with people enjoying the good weather.

  • A él le gusta salir de tarde a tarde a correr por el parque cercano.

    He likes to go out occasionally in the afternoons to run in the nearby park.

• 2.

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  • From one evening to the next; used in narrative or poetic contexts to indicate the passage of evenings or to describe actions that take place nightly.

  Examples

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  • De tarde a tarde, la luz del atardecer iluminaba la habitación de manera mágica.

    From one evening to the next, the sunset light illuminated the room magically.

  • La historia se desarrolla de tarde a tarde, mostrando el paso del tiempo lentamente.

    The story unfolds from one evening to the next, showing the passage of time slowly.

  • De tarde a tarde, los recuerdos de aquel verano vuelven a mi mente con fuerza.

    From evening to evening, memories of that summer come back to my mind strongly.