"Di pomeriggio"

Translation: In the afternoon

[Innuli]

These prepositions in Italian are driving me into despair....

[jprager87]

i have gotten "Nel pomeriggio" and "Di pomeriggio" both translating to "in the afternoon"

[kitterino]

I asked a native speaker and she said "nel pomeriggio" and "di pomeriggio" are practically the same, unless you need to specify a time, in which case you say "alle due di pomeriggio" (at 2PM).

[TheGandalf]

Yup. Anybody know if there's a difference?

[mary.gh86]

Both are correct.

[DivyaDaswadkar]

Yeah. I got the same

[David598296]

Anyone know the etymology behind il pomeriggio? I'm having a hard time remembering it and have sorted to thinking "apple time"

[wordgeek416]

post meridiem

[AtanvarnoA]

Why 'di', and not 'a' or 'in', or even 'nel'?

[Germanlehrerlsu]

Can't it mean: Afternoons? Meaning "every afternoon"?

[CraigPickering]

Why no definite article?

[R0LAND007]

why is 'by afternoon' incorrect

[shihaodu]

So i think we've seen "di pomeriggio", "nel pomeriggio" and "al pomeriggio", could somebody explain the differences?

[acqualinda]

"di pomeriggio" indicates répétition;
"nel pomeriggio" refers to an afternoon in particular ;
"al pomeriggio" would only be used after a verb requiring the preposition "a", eg pensare/ sopravvivere al pomeriggio.

[Trev756863]

Aqualinda,
many thanks for that explanation, very, very useful and the sort of information vital to getting it right,

[Preste]

No difference really

[JenniferAron]

However in another exercise, it was marked incorrect to say "nella mattina". Can you help me understand why (it is acceptable to use "nel pomeriggio" but not "nella mattina")? Thanks!

[OUMEN]

Di means of .... why it didn't be accepted !???

[EDK-Learner]

Since the drop-down says "about" is a translation for "di," why is "about afternoon" incorrect? For example, "it was about afternoon when we left the house". If "about" is not a translation for "di," why is it in the drop-down.

[JenLovesSpanish]

From afternoon is one of the translagions given

[JenLovesSpanish]

Check your given translations

[JSMcCarter]

Al pomeriggio is alao "in the afternoon."