Telling the time in Spanish
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If it´s 1 o´clock, we use the expression "Es la una". In any other case, it is made use of "Son las"...
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¿Qué hora es? | What time is it? |
Son las.... | It´s.... |
Es la una. | It´s one o´clock. |
For example:
Son las 12 menos 5 minutos. (It's 5 minutes to 12)
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As we've already referenced to it, for telling the full hours, we use the locutions "es la una" and "son las...".
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Son las 4. | It's 4 o'clock. |
Es la una. | It's 1 o'clock. |
Son las 4. (It's 4 o'clock)
Communicating the half hours happens accompanied by the the constructions: Son las ... y media and es la una y media, where "media" means "half".
Spanish | English |
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Son las 8 y media. | It's half past 8. |
Es la una y media. | It's half past 1. |
Like in English, in Spanish we can use quarters for expressing the hour, where "cuarto" means "quarter".
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Son las 12 y cuarto. | It's a quarter past 12. |
Son las 7 menos cuarto. | It's a quarter to 7. |
Es la una y cuarto. | It's a quarter past 1. |
Es la una menos cuarto. | It's a quarter to 1. |
Son las 12 y cuarto. (It's a quarter past 12)
In comparison with English, here we say firstly the hour and then the minutes.
Spanish | English |
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Son las 10 y 10. | It's 10 past 10. |
Son las 5 menos 10. | It's 10 to 5. |
Es la 1 y 10. | It's 10 past 1. |
Es la 1 menos 5. | It's 5 to 1. |
Son las 10 y 10 minutos. (It's 10 past 10)
As in English, we could say the hour + all of the minutes passing it.
Spanish | English |
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Son las 7 y 28. | It's 7,28. |
Es la 1 y 35. | It's 1,35. |
Son las 7 y 28. (It's 7,28)
Francisco: ¡Hola!, ¿Qué hora es? Hello! What time is it?
Jorge: Son las 10 y 8. It's 8 past 10.
Felipe: ¡Hola! Qué hora es, por favor? Hello! What time is it, please?
Alex: Son las 9 en punto. It's 9 sharp.
Felipe: ¡Muchas gracias! Thank you very much!
Now you can practice communicating the hour with the exercises we kindly prepared for you.
Write the time in Spanish!
1. It's 5 minutes to 6. 6 5.
2. It's 6 to 3. 3 6.
3. It's 25 minutes past 8. 8 25 .
4. It's a quarter to 8. 8 .
5. It's 5 past 5. 5 5.
6. It's a quarter past 7. 7 .
7. It's 15 minutes past 1. 15 .
8. It's 10 minutes past 3. 3 10 .
9. It's half past 3. 3 .
10. It's 9:33. 9 33.
Write the time in Spanish!
1. It's 5 minutes to 6. 6 5.
2. It's 6 to 3. 3 6.
3. It's 25 minutes past 8. 8 25 .
4. It's a quarter to 8. 8 .
5. It's 5 past 5. 5 5.
6. It's a quarter past 7. 7 .
7. It's 15 minutes past 1. 15 .
8. It's 10 minutes past 3. 3 10 .
9. It's half past 3. 3 .
10. It's 9:33. 9 33.
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