Arvo

Pronunciation

• Australia IPA: /ˈaː.vəʉ/
• British IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvəʊ

Alternative forms

• arvy

Origin

Abbreviation of afternoon + -o("diminutive suffix").

Full definition of arvo

Noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Afternoon.
• 1960, John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills, this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow+arvo%22+-intitle:%22arvo%22&hl=en&ei=IRTCTpz3M6aKmQXakIGRBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22the|this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow%20arvo%22%20-intitle%3A%22arvo%22&f=false page 46,“Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”
• 2000, Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow+arvo%22+-intitle:%22arvo%22&hl=en&ei=IRTCTpz3M6aKmQXakIGRBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22the|this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow%20arvo%22%20-intitle%3A%22arvo%22&f=false page 33,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
• 2010, Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow+arvo%22+-intitle:%22arvo%22&hl=en&ei=RQzCTpetBIuhmQW27py4BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22the|this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow%20arvo%22%20-intitle%3A%22arvo%22&f=false unnumbered page,‘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, Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow+arvo%22+-intitle:%22arvo%22&hl=en&ei=RQzCTpetBIuhmQW27py4BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22the|this|sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday|yesterday|tomorrow%20arvo%22%20-intitle%3A%22arvo%22&f=false page 55,“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.”

Derived terms

• 'sarvo, sarvo

Anagrams

• VARO