Dictionary

arvo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɐː.vəʉ/ (Australia)
• /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Clipping of afternoon + -o (“colloquialising suffix”).

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, informal) Afternoon.
   • ‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’ 2010, Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, unnumbered page:
   • The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always remember it’.⁵⁰ 2000, Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, page 33:
   • “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.” 1960, John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills, page 46:
   • “Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her. “I think the place is packed on that day, because girls come from everywhere just to get a glimpse of him. He's hot as.” 2010, Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, page 55:

Forms

Deriveds

sarvo · 'sarvo

Synonyms

afternoon

Translations (3)

fr aprèm (afternoon) · de Nachmittag (afternoon) · pt tardinha (afternoon)