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How to Say ‘At ten at night’ in Italian

Alle dieci di sera

AHL-leh DYEH-chee dee SEH-rah

[AHL-leh DYEH-chee dee SEH-rah]

💬 Usage Tip: a plus le merges into alle before hours: alle otto "at eight". Use all'una "at one", because one o'clock is singular.

Phrase Breakdown

Alle dieci

AHL-leh DYEH-chee

at ten

'Alle' combines 'a' and 'le' and is used for clock times. 'Dieci' is pronounced DIE-chi.

Example

Ci vediamo alle dieci.

See you at ten.

Words in this phrase

Alle

[AHL-leh]

at the; at

Introduces a clock time in Italian.

Example

Sabato alle otto c'è posto per due.

Saturday at eight there is space for two.

dieci

[DYEH-chee]

Ten

The number after nine; the sum of five plus five.

Example

Dieci è un numero pari.

Ten is an even number.

di sera

dee SEH-rah

in the evening

This specifies p.m. for evening hours. The 's' in 'sera' is soft.

Example

Lavoro di sera.

I work in the evening.

Words in this phrase

[dee]

Preposition linking nouns, often translated as of.

Example

Che tipo di ruolo è disponibile?

What kind of role is available?

sera

[SEH-rah]

evening

The evening time of day; useful for restaurant bookings and meeting times.

Example

Preferiamo mangiare di sera, quindi scegliamo sera come orario.

We prefer to eat in the evening, so we choose evening as the time.

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