Three in the afternoon salgo del trabajo a las tres de la tarde.i get off work at three in the afternoon. Web tarde a adv (gen) late (=demasiado tarde) too late llegar tarde to be late, arrive late ya es tarde para quejarse it's too late to complain now se hace tarde it's getting late se te hará tarde si no aligeras you'll be late if you don't hurry up → de tarde en tarde from time to time → más tarde later un poco más tarde a bit later Examples examples have not been reviewed. Three o'clock in the afternoon el tren parte a las tres de la tarde.the train departs at three o'clock in the afternoon. A las dos de la tarde mi desesperada decepción me ahogaba. → la una de la madrugada; yo hago mis tareas en la tarde/ i do my homework in the afternoon (or evening). Es + la + una + menos + number of minutes examples es la una menos diez. Web de la madrugada (1:00 a.m. Web i know that por la tarde means in afternoon or by afternoon, it also has the same meaning as en la tarde. Of the afternoon o' clock show more porque pappy se acuesta a las 4 de la tarde.