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Contents
- 1 How do you pronounce what time is it in Spanish?
- 2 What time is it in Spanish slang?
- 3 How do you ask what time something is in Spanish?
- 4 How do you say 4pm in Spanish?
- 5 Is it El or La tiempo?
- 6 How do you express time before the hour in Spanish?
- 7 How do you say it is 2 45 in Spanish?
- 8 What is your name in Spanish?
- 9 How do you say 3pm in Spanish?
- 10 How do you say it is 1/10 in Spanish?
- 11 How do you say 50 in Spanish?
- 12 How do you say 2 45 in English?
- 13 How do kids count in Spanish?
- 14 How do you count in Mexican?
- 15 How do you count to 8 in Spanish?
- 16 How do you say 0 in Spanish?
- 17 How do you count to 11 in Spanish?
- 18 How do you spell Hola?
- 19 How do u say 12in Spanish?
- 20 What do De nada mean?
- 21 How do you say 200 in Spanish words?
The simplest formula is es/son + las + hour + number of minutes. For example, if you want to say that it’s 3:29, you’ll say son las tres veintinueve. Thus, the same as in English, there will be two ways in which you can indicate some hours in Spanish.
What time is it in Spanish slang?
¿Qué hora es? What time is it? (Literally “What hour is it?”) ¿Tiene hora?
How do you ask what time something is in Spanish?
Remember, ¿Qué hora es? and ¿A qué hora? ask two very different questions. For ¿Qué hora es?, you simply want to know the time: what time is it?
How do you say 4pm in Spanish?
4:00 pm son las cuatro de la | Spanish Translator. p.m.
Is it El or La tiempo?
I checked the dictionary here, and the translation given from English for “weather” is “el tiempo”, and climate was translated la clima, although it then said clima was masculine. Tiempo is given as both time and weather under different meanings in the same entry.
How do you express time before the hour in Spanish?
(It is 2:05.) If you want to express the time after half past the hour, use menos (less) + the number of the following hour to express the time before the next hour (after half past the hour).
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Son las cuatro y cuarenta.
| Time | Spanish |
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| 6:25 | las seis y veinticinco |
| 7:30 | las siete y media or las siete y treinta |
How do you say it is 2 45 in Spanish?
Son las tres menos cuarto. It’s two forty-five (2:45).
What is your name in Spanish?
What’s your name? = ¿Cómo te llamas?
How do you say 3pm in Spanish?
It’s 3 p.m. Son las tres de la tarde.
How do you say it is 1/10 in Spanish?
In this lesson, we learned the vocabulary and pronunciation for the numbers 1-10 in Spanish: uno (ooh-no), dos (dohs), tres (trays), cuatro (kwah-troh), cinco (seen-koh), seis (says), siete (syay-tay), ocho (oh-choh), nueve (nway-vay), diez (dyays).
How do you say 50 in Spanish?
How do you say 2 45 in English?
How do kids count in Spanish?
How do you count in Mexican?
There’s no real pattern, you just have to learn them: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince. Other than veinte (again), they all have a clear relationship with the related smaller number: cuatro <-> cuarenta, ocho <-> ochenta, etc.
How do you count to 8 in Spanish?
Seven (7) in Spanish is siete (SYE-te). Eight (8) in Spanish is ocho (O-cho). Nine (9) in Spanish is nueve (NWAI-be). Ten (10) in Spanish is diez (DYESS).
How do you say 0 in Spanish?
How to Say Zero in Spanish. If you want to say “zero” in Spanish you would use “el cero”. It’s part of the 0-10 sequence you may already know: cero, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez. The numbers in Spanish follow a pattern, just like in English.
How do you count to 11 in Spanish?
How do you spell Hola?
interjection Spanish. hi; hello: Hey, hola, how are things?
How do u say 12in Spanish?
How do you say “twelve” in Spanish? – Doce.
What do De nada mean?
Definition of de nada
: of nothing : you’re welcome.
How do you say 200 in Spanish words?
How do you say “time” in Spanish? And how do you say “What time is it?” in Spanish?
Did you know that to tell the time you should never use the literal translation, tiempo?
That’s just the tip of the iceberg, though. We’ll answer this and other questions more in-depth in this blog post! Learn everything about how to say the time in Spanish with SpanishPod101.com!
Learning about telling time in Spanish, along with how to introduce yourself in Spanish, is significantly important if you want to improve your conversation skills.
Even in your native language, knowing the right way of telling the time can help you avoid misunderstandings. Well, time is so crucial in Spanish culture that learning how to tell time is as important as time itself.
Let’s get started with our guide on time in Spanish for beginners!
Table of Contents
- How to Ask for the Time
- The Hours in Spanish
- The Minutes in Spanish
- Hours Divided into Minutes in Spanish
- General Time Reference of the Day
- Time Adverbs
- Time Proverbs and Sayings in Spanish
- Conclusion
1. How to Ask for the Time
Telling the time in Spanish is simple if you know the cardinal numbers and the verb “to be” (ser). Once you practice and master those two things, asking and telling the time in Spanish will be so much easier.
- ¿Qué hora es?
“What time is it?”
In some Latin American countries, you may hear ¿Qué hora son? instead of ¿Qué hora es?. Both are correct for asking the time in Spanish. The singular form is used mostly in Spain and the plural form is used mostly in Latin American Spanish-speaking countries.
- ¿Qué hora son?
“What time is it?”
To learn how to say the time in Spanish, you also need to know that “time” in Spanish is tiempo. Tiempo also means “weather,” but you never use tiempo to ask for the time.
- Hoy hace buen tiempo.
“Good weather today.”
To learn how to ask the time in Spanish, you just have to change the word “time” to the word for “hour.” So “What time is it?” would be translated as ¿Qué hora es? This is the easiest way to learn how to say time in Spanish. But there are some other ways of asking what the time is in Spanish, such as ¿Tienes hora? which means “Do you have the time?”
Another way to learn how to ask the time is by asking what time something is (e.g. a meeting, a concert, or work): ¿A qué hora es el concierto? To ask “At what time is,” in Spanish (e.g. “What time is the concert?”), notice that you have to add an a before qué, which means “at.”
Once you have these few things in mind, it will be so much easier for you to ask for the time in Spanish.
Asking correctly is as important as telling the time in Spanish. So let’s look at some formulas and tricks on how to say the time in Spanish in case you get asked.
Verb to be (Es / Son) + la(s) + number from one to twelve + number of minutes
- Es la una de la mañana.
“It is 1 a.m.”
OR
- Es la una en punto.
“It’s one o’clock.”
Es + la + una + y + number of minutes
- Es la una y treinta minutos.
“It’s 1:30 a.m.”
- Es la una y diez minutos.
“It’s 1:10 a.m.”
If you want to say any hour between two and twelve, you have to use the third person of the plural son, as follows:
- Son las tres de la mañana.
“It’s three a.m.”
If someone tells you the time, make sure you say “thank you,” and do it the right way.
2. The Hours in Spanish
If you can count from one to twelve, you’re already on the right path—cardinal numbers are essential for telling the time in Spanish. If you don’t know all of them yet, here you just need to know the numbers from one to twelve.
Uno — “One”
Dos — “Two”
Tres — “Three”
Cuatro — “Four”
Cinco — “Five”
Seis — “Six”
Siete — “Seven”
Ocho — “Eight”
Nueve — “Nine”
Diez — “Ten”
Once — “Eleven”
Doce — “Twelve”
Once you have these memorized, you can try using them in one of the formulas we’ve covered. Another thing to keep in mind when learning how to say “What time is it?” is that “o’clock,” which is en punto, doesn’t always need to be added.
Example:
- Son las ocho.
“It’s eight o’clock.”
- Son las ocho en punto.
“It’s eight o’clock.”
Easy peasy, right?
So, how do you know if it’s morning or evening?
When telling the time in Spanish, know that you don’t need to use a.m. or p.m. Although it’s correct to say, most Spanish speakers don’t use them. We prefer to say ocho de la mañana (“eight in the morning”) or diez de la noche (“ten in the evening”). However, when it comes to writing the time in Spanish, we use the twenty-four-hour clock (also known as military time).
However, this is very subjective because some of the Latin American countries aren’t used to using the twenty-four-hour clock and use a.m. and p.m. more often than in Spain.
The general rule in Spain is: Write in military time and speak the time as numbers from one to twelve. For example, if you’re going to a theater show, you’ll see the time on their page or billboard as follows:
22:30
But you’ll say to a friend by phone:
- Las diez y media de la noche.
“Ten thirty at night.”
For some Latin American countries, the night starts when it’s dark, around six p.m. This is because they’re near the equator, and thus the time the sun sets doesn’t change much during the summer.
For the Spanish, on the other hand, the night starts after eight p.m. “Six p.m.” is still seis de la tarde.
It’s important to remember then that the Spanish language is gendered. So, when learning about time in Spanish, you need to know that you should always use the feminine article –las because it refers to la hora. The only exception is when you’re talking about one o’clock, in which case you use la.
- Es la una en punto.
“It is one o’clock.”
- Son las tres de la tarde.
“It is three p.m.”
3. The Minutes in Spanish
When learning how to tell time in Spanish, there are multiple levels that you can aim for once you start using the minutes in Spanish. You can start with the easy formula of saying the number of minutes after the hour. To reach the highest level, use phrases such as “quarter to,” in Spanish, “quarter past,” “half,” or “minutes to (hour).”
An easy way to say the minutes in Spanish is to just say the number of minutes. But to make things simpler, let’s learn the minutes by fives:
2:05 Las dos y cinco
3:10 Las tres y diez
4:15 Las cuatro y quince
5:20 Las cinco y veinte
6:25 Las seis y veinticinco
7:30 Las siete y treinta
7:35 Las siete y treinta y cinco
8:40 Las ocho y cuarenta
9:45 Las nueve y cuarenta y cinco
10:50 Las diez y cincuenta
11:55 Las once y cincuenta y cinco
After the number of minutes, you can add the word minutos. It’s the translation for “minutes,” and you’ll always use this word in the plural unless you say “one minute” (y un minuto).
- Son las tres y cinco minutos.
“It is three and five minutes.”
- Son las doce y un minuto.
“It is one minute past twelve.”
4. Hours Divided into Minutes in Spanish
So one way of improving your level of Spanish is to expand on your knowledge of hours in Spanish. What do I mean? You can identify your level of Spanish by whether you’re able to understand and tell the time in Spanish by half, quarter, and three quarters of an hour.
How do we do this?
The same way we divide time in English. Dividing the clock into blocks of fifteen minutes. Every fifteen minutes, we’re talking about cuartos or “quarters.”
To talk about half an hour in Spanish, you need to use y media.
Unlike in English, in Spanish you say the hour first, then the minutes:
- 01:30 p.m.
La una y media.
“Half past one.”
To say that it’s a quarter past an hour in Spanish, you need to use y cuarto.
- 01:15 p.m.
Es la una y cuarto.
“It is a quarter past one.”
To say that it’s a quarter until an hour in Spanish, you need to use menos cuarto. This means that you tell the hour first, and then you have to take away the quarter from the time that’s approaching. It sounds like “one minus quarter” for 12:45 p.m.
Like in English, the Latin American Spanish-speakers use the phrase “quarter till” in a similar manner. It’s okay to use this, especially if you’re learning. Then, once you get a better understanding and you need to improve your Spanish skills, you can start telling time like Spaniards do.
Note that even for some Latinos it’s hard to tell the time the European Spanish way, so go easy on yourself!
Latin American Spanish:
- 01:45 p.m
Faltan un cuarto para las dos.
“It is a quarter to two.”
The most difficult to learn and remember is the quarter until an hour. This is because you may still be thinking it in the English way.
In English:
Minutes left to the time approaching + “to” + hour (from one to twelve)
Example:
01:45 p.m. — “A quarter to two.”
In Spanish:
Hour (from one to twelve) + menos + minutes left to the approaching time
Example:
01:45 p.m. — Las dos menos cuarto.
5. General Time Reference of the Day
As we said earlier, in Spanish we’re more used to saying “in the morning” or “in the evening” to refer to a.m. or p.m. While we do understand it if we see it, we don’t usually use these terms.
Instead, we use other words that refer to certain times of the day, and these will be very good for you to learn. Let’s take a look!
- Primera hora de la mañana — “Early morning”
Example:
Tengo cita en el médico a primera hora de la mañana.
“I have a doctor’s appointment in the early morning.”
- Amanecer — “Sunrise”
Example:
El amanecer más bonito que he visto nunca ha sido en Cádiz.
“The most beautiful sunrise that I’ve never seen was in Cadiz.”
- Mediodía — “Noon” or “Midday”
Example:
La clase acaba en el mediodía.
“The class ends at noon/midday.”
- Primera hora de la tarde — “Early afternoon”
Example:
¿Quedamos para el café a primera hora de la tarde?
“Shall we meet for coffee at early afternoon?”
- Noche — “Evening” or “Night”
Example:
¿Cuántas noches has tenido que trabajar esta semana?
“How many nights did you have to work this week?”
- Puesta de sol — “Sunset”
Example:
Me han contado que en Bali hay unas puestas de sol mágicas.
“I have been told that in Bali there are magical sunsets.”
- Medianoche — “Midnight”
Example:
Con 15 años mis padres me dejaban salir los fines de semana hasta medianoche.
“When I was 15 years old, my parents would let me go out on the weekends until midnight.”
6. Time Adverbs
In Spanish, we use adverbs of time, place, mode, or quantity all the time. With them, you add information to verbs, adjectives, and even to the whole sentence.
You’ll quickly become very familiar with them since they’re essential when you’re learning how to tell time in Spanish.
- Antes — “Before”
Example:
Kike, lávate las manos antes de comer.
“Kike, wash your hands before eating.”
- Después — “After”
Example:
Después de comer apetece una siesta.
“After eating, you want a nap.”
- Luego — “Later”
Example:
Llámame luego.
“Call me later.”
- Pronto — “Soon”
Example:
Te veo pronto.
“See you soon.”
- Tarde — “Late”
Example:
Se me está haciendo tarde para ir al supermercado.
“It’s getting late to go to the supermarket.”
- Temprano — “Early”
Example:
Hay que levantarse temprano para ir al colegio mañana.
“We have to wake up early to go to school tomorrow.”
- Todavía (This adverb has different meanings in English, depending on the time verb you’re using.):
– “Still”
– “Yet”
– “Even so”
Example:
Todavía estoy aquí esperándote.
“I am still here waiting for you.”
Example:
Todavía no he estado en París.
“I have not been to Paris yet.”
- Ayer — “Yesterday”
Example:
Ayer Luis me dejó esperando una hora en el café.
“Luis left me waiting for one hour in the coffee shop yesterday.”
- Hoy — “Today”
Example:
Tengo tres entrevistas de trabajo hoy.
“Today, I have three job interviews.”
- Mañana — “Tomorrow”
Example:
Sara, por favor, revisa mi agenda de mañana.
“Sara, check tomorrow’s agenda, please.”
- Antes de ayer o anteayer — “The day before yesterday”
Example:
Antes de ayer empecé con el entrenamiento.
“I started with my training the day before yesterday.”
- Pasado mañana — “The day after tomorrow”
Example:
Pasado mañana empieza el mes de julio.
“July starts the day after tomorrow.”
- Siempre — “Anytime”, “always,” or “forever”
The word “anytime” refers to “always” in terms of describing every time that something happens. But we translate the same word siempre, or with cada vez.
Example:
Siempre que Antonio va al parque se encuentra al gato perdido.
“Anytime Antonio goes to the park he runs into the lost cat.”
- “Always” is the most common way to translate siempre. It refers to “all the time” and “forever.”
Example:
Siempre te querré.
“I will always love you.”
- Nunca, Jamás — “Never”
Example:
Nunca más vuelvo a fiarme de un desconocido.
“I will never again trust a stranger.”
- Prontamente, Pronto — “As soon as possible”
Example:
Ven a recogerme pronto.
“Come and pick me up as soon as possible.”
- En un rato – “In a little while”
Example:
Estaré preparada en un rato.
“I’ll be ready in a little while.”
7. Time Proverbs and Sayings in Spanish
If you want to sound like a Spanish native, idioms and expressions are the best way to show off. However, it’s important that you know when and how to use them, or it can have the opposite effect!
Some great phrases for latecomers include Voy en camino (“I’m on my way”) and Llego tarde (“I’m late” or “I’m running late”). These are great to send by text so you don’t keep people waiting.
The expressions “time is money” and “time flies” refer to moments in which time goes fast and you have to take advantage of it. Their translations are el tiempo es dinero and el tiempo vuela respectively.
Other common expressions in Spanish are:
- El tiempo cura las heridas. — “Time heals all wounds.”
- Más vale tarde que nunca. — “Better late than never.”
- A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda. — “The early birds get God’s help.”
8. Conclusion
So, reader, do you feel more confident about telling time in Spanish now? In the comments below, tell us what time it is where you are, in Spanish!
Next time you’re late to an appointment or want to ask someone on a date, you can come back to this page for help setting up times or letting someone know you’re almost there. You can use all of our fun lessons, idiomatic expressions, and more resources at our SpanishPod101 website.
SpanishPod101 has many vocabulary lists for you for free, and of course, our Spanish Resource Corner for any other questions you may have. Why don’t you practice your Spanish by asking other Spanish speakers what they’re up to?
Happy Spanish learning! 🙂
Telling Time with Ser
There are several useful formulas you can learn to help you tell the time with ser in Spanish.
One O’Clock
You can use these formulas for talking about la una(one o’clock), the only hour used with the third person singular form of ser. The following can all be used to say It’s ___ o’clock or It’s (hour) (minute).
- es + la + una (+ number of minutes)
- es + la + una (+ y + number of minutes)
- es + la + una (+ con + number of minutes)
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Es la una treinta. It’s one thirty. |
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Es la una y veinte. It’s one twenty. |
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Es la una con cuarenta. It’s one forty. |
This formula can be used to say It’s (# of minutes) until/’til (a certain hour).
- es + la + una + menos + number of minutes
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Es la una menos diez. It’s ten ’til one. |
From Two to Twelve
Use these formulas for talking about the hours from two to twelve, which are used with the third person plural form of ser. The following can all be used to say It’s ___ o’clock or It’s (hour) (minute).
- son + las + number from two to twelve (+ number of minutes)
- son + las + number from two to twelve (+ y + number of minutes)
- son + las + number from two to twelve (+ con + number of minutes)
| examples |
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Son las tres diez. It is three ten. |
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Son las nueve y veintinueve. It is nine twenty-nine. |
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Son las diez con diez. It is ten ten. |
This formula can be used to say It’s (# of minutes) until/’til (a certain hour).
- son + las + number from two to twelve + menos + number of minutes
| examples |
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Son las once menos cinco. It’s five to eleven. |
Media y Cuarto
- To indicate that it’s half past the hour in Spanish, use the phrase y media.
- To indicate that it’s a quarter past the hour, use the phrase y cuarto.
- To indicate that it’s a quarter ’til the hour, use the phrase menos cuarto.
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Son las diez y media. It’s ten thirty. |
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Es la una y cuarto. It is one fifteen. / It is a quarter after one. |
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Son las cinco menos cuarto. It’s a quarter ’til five. |
In Latin America you can also use the phrases cuarto paraor un cuarto parato say a quarter ’til. Note that both the present tense third-person singular (es) and plural (son) of ser are commonly used with this phrase.
For example:
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Es un cuarto para las cinco. It’s a quarter ’til five. |
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Son un cuarto para las cinco. It’s a quarter ’til five. |
Other Useful Time Expressions
Here are a list of useful expressions and phrases you can use when telling time in Spanish.
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in the (early) morning or in the wee hours |
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in the morning |
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in the afternoon |
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in the evening or at night |
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a.m. |
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p.m. |
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on the dot |
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around |
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midnight |
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noon |
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Son las dos de la madrugada. ¡Ya duérmete! It’s two in the morning. Go to sleep! |
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¿Qué hora es? — Es la una de la tarde. What time is it? — It’s one in the afternoon. |
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¿Me podría decir la hora? — Son las siete p. m. Could you tell me the time? — It’s seven p.m. |
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Son las cuatro y diez en punto. It’s four ten on the dot. |
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Son las nueve más o menos. It’s around nine o’clock. |
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¿Es medianoche o mediodía? — ¿Qué? ¿Que no ves la luna? Is it midnight or noon? — What? Don’t you see the moon? |
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Contents
- 1 How do you say at what time in Spanish?
- 2 Which is the correct way to ask what time is it in Spanish?
- 3 What time is it in Spanish slang?
- 4 How do you teach time in Spanish?
- 5 What Spanish word is used to express it is when saying it is one o clock?
- 6 How do you respond to a que hora es?
- 7 How do you tell time on a clock?
- 8 How do you say Time in Spanish practice?
- 9 What is the difference between son las and es la?
- 10 How do you teach clock time?
- 11 How do you explain time to a child?
- 12 How do you read English hours?
- 13 How do you explain times tables to a 6 year old?
- 14 What is it called when you can’t tell time?
- 15 At what age should a child know the days of the week?
- 16 What times tables should YEAR 1 know?
- 17 What times tables should YEAR 2 know?
- 18 How do you learn tables from 12 to 20 orally?
Which is the correct way to ask what time is it in Spanish?
Common Questions for asking time in Spanish – ¿Qué hora es? The most common and easiest way for asking time in Spanish is “¿Qué hora es?” This question means “What time is it?” in Spanish, but it is not a literal translation as we use the word HORA instead of TIEMPO.
What time is it in Spanish slang?
¿Qué hora es? What time is it? (Literally “What hour is it?”) ¿Tiene hora?
How do you teach time in Spanish?
What Spanish word is used to express it is when saying it is one o clock?
“It is one o’clock.” Son las tres de la tarde.
How do you respond to a que hora es?
¿A qué hora vas a la oficina? When responding to these questions, the typical answer is just to say the time. Using A las/la hora y minutos de la mañana/tarde/noche.
How do you tell time on a clock?
How do you say Time in Spanish practice?
What is the difference between son las and es la?
The two forms of ser are the plural form, son las (“they are”) and the singular form, es la (“it is”). Only use es la when the hour is one o’ clock. Use son las for all other times of day.
How do you teach clock time?
How do you explain time to a child?
Start making a habit of pointing out the time on a clock when events happen in your day, to introduce what that time looks like. Move on to asking your child to tell you what a certain time looks like: “What will the clock look like at 1 o’clock” (or more tricky “in 15 minutes”) or “when it’s time to play?”.
How do you read English hours?
When you tell the time in English, the hours always come first. If you look at the clock and see that it is 3:00 p.m., then you can say “It is three” or “The time is three o’clock.” It is that simple! Remember that when you are talking about just the hour, and no minutes, then you will often use “o’clock.”
How do you explain times tables to a 6 year old?
8 Effective Tips for Teaching Times Tables
- Hang up a times table sheet. …
- Make sure they can walk before they can run. …
- Teach your kids some tricks. …
- Listen to some fun songs. …
- Stage a multiplication war. …
- Draw a Waldorf multiplication flower. …
- Quiz them regularly, but not incessantly. …
- Reward their efforts.
What is it called when you can’t tell time?
Dyschronometria is a condition of cerebellar dysfunction in which an individual cannot accurately estimate the amount of time that has passed (i.e., distorted time perception).
At what age should a child know the days of the week?
Overview. Once a preschooler hits age 3 or 4, they can start to understand and learn the days of the week. This can be tricky at first because many preschoolers still don’t understand the concept of time. 1 However, once they get the hang of it, it is really simple memorization practice.
What times tables should YEAR 1 know?
In year 1, children do not need to learn any of their times tables, however, they are expected to understand some very basic multiplication facts. They should know the doubles and corresponding halves up to the number 10. They should also be able to count in multiples of 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
What times tables should YEAR 2 know?
Maths. Mathematics in Year 2 focuses on the 2, 5, and 10 times tables, and they will learn multiplication and division facts for these tables. Children in Year 2 will also learn to add and subtract with two-digit and one-digit numbers. In fractions, they will find ⅓, ¼, ½, and ¾ of a shape or a quantity of objects.
How do you learn tables from 12 to 20 orally?
Two digit number x Two digit number
- Step 1 : First take one of the two digit numbers and multiply it by 10.
- Step 2 : Multiply the unit digit of other two digit number by 10.
- Step 3 : Multiply unit digits of both the numbers.
- Step 4 : Add all the above three values and you will get answer. That’s it.
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¿Que hora es? Knowing how to tell the time in Spanish is an important, real-world thing to learn early on as a beginner student.
In this guide, we’ll show you the most common ways to tell the time in Spanish, as well as a few alternative ways you’ll sometimes hear.
Telling Time In Spanish: The Main Structure
We use the verb SER (“to be”) to tell time in Spanish.
We say:
Es la una… (one is singular)
Son las dos/tres/cuatro… (Two / Three etc. they are plural)
How do you answer what time is it in Spanish?
So for instance, if someone asks you ¿que hora es?, and it’s 2:00pm, you would say “son las dos”.
There’s a bunch of different ways to go about telling the time. Let’s start with the most popular.
Number + Number
This is the easiest and most popular way to express the time.
For 1-30 minutes we use Y (“and”) before the minutes.
Hora + y + minutos
For instance:
- 1:10 – Es la una y diez
- 8:05 – Son las ocho y cinco
You can usually drop the “son las” and just say “ocho y cinco”. The “son las” is basically the “it’s” in “it’s 8 o’clock”.
Number + Para + Number
For 31-59 minutes there are two ways that can be used:
Minutos + PARA (la/las) + Hora
For instance:
- 2:35 – Son veinticinco para las tres
- 11:45 – Son cuarto para las doce (see next section for explanation of cuarto)
This is the equivalent of saying “until” or “to” (e.g. it’s 10 to five) in English.
15 / 30 minutes
When we talk about 15 minutes before or after the time, we usually use cuarto.
- 7:15 – Son las siete y cuarto.
- 9:45 – Un cuarto para las diez.
When we talk about 30 minutes after the hour, we usually use y media.
- 8:30 – Son las ocho y media.
O’clock
Sometimes we use en punto when it’s on the hour.
- 10:00 – son las diez en punto
- 5:00 – son las cinco en punto
How to ask for the time in Spanish?
One of the most common questions to ask the time is: ¿Qué hora es?
- A: ¿Qué hora es?
- B: Son las dos y media.
The nice thing is all of these different ways of expressing the time make sense, so you don’t have to use a particular one.
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Times in Spanish: Quiz
Let’s practice. What time is it? Some clocks have multiple ways to say it, do both.
1. Son las __ __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __ __ 2. Son las __ __ __ __ __ y__ __ __ __ __ __
3. Son las __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
4. Son las __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
5. Son las __ __ __ __ para las __ __ __ __ __
6. Son las __ __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __ __
7. Son las __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __ __
8. Son las __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 9. Son las __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __
10. Son las __ __ __ __ 11. Son las __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
12. Son las __ __ __ __ y __ __ __ __ __
Key:
- Son las nueve y quince
- Son las nueve y cuarto
- Son las ocho y veinticinco
- Son las seis y cincuenta
- Son las diez para las siete
- Son las cinco y veinte
- Son las once y veinte
- Son las doce y treinta
- Son las doce y media
- Son las tres
- Son las tres en punto
- Son las once y cinco
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¡En horabuena! Spanish language learners will find that telling time in Spanish is quite simple when it is broken down into small bites as it is done in this article.
You will, of course, have to memorize some basic numbers in Spanish, but don’t worry — you will find the list for the entire sixty minutes of the clock amongst these lines.
Telling Time in Spanish – Vocabulary
So let’s start with the basic vocabulary used to learn how to say what time it is in Spanish.
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| Hora | Hour |
| Minuto | Minute |
| Segundo | Second |
| Día | Day |
| Horario | Timetable |
| Reloj | Clock |
| Tiempo | Time |
Remember that in Spanish, as in French, it is important to know whether a noun is feminine or masculine, as this will inform how to conjugate the verbs.
In the table below you can see the articles that indicate their gender and on the next column to the right how to form their plurals.
This is pretty simple, as you just have to add an ‘s’ to the words that end in a vowel and an ‘es’ to the ones that end in a consonant.
| SINGULAR | PLURAL | ||
| La | Hora | Las | Horas |
| El | Minuto | Los | Minutos |
| El | Segundo | Los | Segundos |
| El | Día | Los | Días |
| El | Horario | Los | Horarios |
| El | Reloj | Los | Reloj |
| El | Tiempo | Los | Tiempo |
Hence, it would be ‘una hora’ and ‘un minuto’, and similarly ‘unas horas’ and ‘unos minutos’.
How to Say What Time It Is in Spanish
These two phrases are used to ask ‘What time is it?’ in Spanish.
| SPANISH | LITERAL TRANSLATION |
| ¿Qué hora es? | What hour is it? |
| ¿Qué horas son? | What hours are they? |
The literal translations don’t make sense but the two options are correct. However, the first one (in singular) is considered more appropriate for refined Spanish, therefore advocated by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (Real Academia de la Lengua Española).
The ‘hour’ (la hora) means ‘a defined moment of the day’ and thus the singular is the best option here.
Nevertheless, is very common to hear ‘¿Qué horas son?’ in many places of Latin America, including Mexico, among less cultured people.
Alternatively, these two phrases are used to ask ‘What’s the time?’ Notice how the formal and informal ‘you’ is always implied:
| SPANISH | LITERAL TRANSLATION |
| ¿Qué hora tiene? (Usted) | What hour do you have? Formal ‘you’ |
| ¿Qué hora tienes? (Tú) | What hour do you have? Informal ‘you’ |
‘Usted’ is used for proper occasions such as addressing someone higher in rank or social position, as well as strangers.
‘Tú’ is used for casual occasions such as addressing relatives, friends or colleagues.
How to answer back when someone asks ‘what time is it?’ in Spanish? This one is easy!
You always start with ‘son las’ followed by the number.
Example: Son las tres or Son las seis.
- The exception is ‘es la una’ (one o´clock).
- To indicate the minutes you complete with ‘y’ (and) followed by the appropriate number.
Example: 6:10 – Son las seis y diez.
- Alternatively, you can break the hour in half or in quarters.
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| Y media | Half past |
| Y cuarto | Quarter past |
| Cuarto para | Quarter to |
Examples:
- 4:30: Son las cuatro y media – It is half past four.
- 8:15: Son las ocho y cuarto – It is quarter past eight.
- 11:45: Son cuarto para las doce – It is quarter to twelve.
Let´s review how to say the numbers in Spanish:
| 1 | Uno |
| 2 | Dos |
| 3 | Tres |
| 4 | Cuatro |
| 5 | Cinco |
| 6 | Seis |
| 7 | Siete |
| 8 | Ocho |
| 9 | Nueve |
| 10 | Diez |
| 11 | Once |
| 12 | Doce |
| 13 | Trece |
| 14 | Catorce |
| 15 | Quince |
| 16 | Dieciséis |
| 17 | Diecisiete |
| 18 | Dieciocho |
| 19 | Diecinueve |
| 20 | Veinte |
| 21 | Veintiuno |
| 22 | Veintidós |
| 23 | Veintitrés |
| 24 | Veinticuatro |
| 25 | Veinticinco |
| 26 | Veintiséis |
| 27 | Veintisiete |
| 28 | Veintiocho |
| 29 | Veintinueve |
| 30 | Treinta |
| 31 | Treinta y uno |
| 32 | Treinta y dos |
| 33 | Treinta y tres |
| 34 | Treinta y cuatro |
| 35 | Treinta y cinco |
| 36 | Treinta y seis |
| 37 | Treinta y siete |
| 38 | Treinta y ocho |
| 39 | Treinta y nueve |
| 40 | Cuarenta |
| 41 | Cuarenta y uno |
| 42 | Cuarenta y dos |
| 43 | Cuarenta y tres |
| 44 | Cuarenta y cuatro |
| 45 | Cuarenta y cinco |
| 46 | Cuarenta y seis |
| 47 | Cuarenta y siete |
| 48 | Cuarenta y ocho |
| 49 | Cuarenta y nueve |
| 50 | Cincuenta |
| 51 | Cincuenta y uno |
| 52 | Cincuenta y dos |
| 53 | Cincuenta y tres |
| 54 | Cincuenta y cuatro |
| 55 | Cincuenta y cinco |
| 56 | Cincuenta y seis |
| 57 | Cincuenta y siete |
| 58 | Cincuenta y ocho |
| 59 | Cincuenta y nueve |
| 60 | Sesenta |
Periods of the Day in Spanish
When you are telling the time, you would normally specify if it was the morning, the afternoon or the evening.
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| Mañana | Morning |
| Tarde | Afternoon |
| Noche | Night |
You would do this by completing the phrase with ‘de la’ (of the), because all three words are feminine, followed by each period of the day.
Example: Son las tres de la tarde or Son las tres de la mañana.
Both time systems, 12 hours and 24 hours, are widely used in Spanish speaking countries around the world.
Additionally, please note that the initials ‘a.m.’ and ‘p.m.’ are exactly the same in English and Spanish because they are in Latin.
- a.m. – Ante meridiem – before midday
- p.m. – Post meridiem – after midday
How to say noon and midnight in Spanish
‘Mediodía’ (noon) is considered at 12:00 p.m., marking the end of the morning or the first 12 hours of the day (a half day). When spelled like ‘medio día’ it literally means ‘half a day’ as in “I only work part time” not as in a specific moment of the day. Contrary, ‘medianoche’ (midnight) is considered at 12:00 a.m., marking the end of a full day.
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| Mediodía | Noon |
| Medianoche | Midnight |
They are always used in singular. ‘Mediodía’ is masculine and ‘medianoche’ is feminine.
Examples:
- ¿A qué hora es la fiesta? – At what time is the party?
La fiesta es al mediodía. – The party is at noon.
- ¿A qué hora llegaste anoche? – At what time did you get in last night?
Llegué a media noche. – I arrived at midnight.
Spanish Words for Types of Clocks
Here is a list of the Spanish names for the most common clocks:
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| Reloj de arena | Hourglass |
| Reloj de pared | Wall clock |
| Reloj de bolsillo | Pocket watch |
| Reloj despertador | Alarm Clock |
| Reloj de mano | Wrist watch |
| Cronómetro | Chronometer |
| Temporizador | Clock timer |
| Manecillas del reloj | Clock hand/pointer |
| Tic tac | Tic toc |
As a side note, it is interesting to observe how the onomatopoeia for the clock’s sound changes from English to Spanish.
Popular Spanish Sayings about Time
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| ¡Enhorabuena! | Congratulations. |
| A la hora pico. | At rush hour. |
| Tarda horas y horas. | Something that takes a very long time. |
| ¿Qué horas son estas? | Don´t you know how late is it? |
| Irse a buena hora. | To leave at a reasonable or decent time. |
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