Telling the Time in Spanish
Telling the time in Spanish can be a little confusing at first until you realise the basic fundamentals.
If you wanted to ask the time in Spanish you would say “What time is it” however the time would be the hour the word for hour in Spanish is HORA so what time is it in Spanish would be QUÉ HORA ES? But what you would really be saying is “What hour is”
To answer the question it is one o clock would be ES LA UNA which translates as “it is the one” although you don’t state the hour you will be understood
Telling the Time in Spanish
Here are some examples of the time on the hour
It is one o clock = ES LA UNA
Important to take note the only time to use ES LA is only on the one because it is singular all the rest are plural.
It is 2 o clock = SON LAS DOS
It is 3 o clock = SON LAS TRES
It is 4 o clock = SON LAS CUARTO
It is 5 o clock = SON LAS CINCO
Very often you will see the words EN PUNTO which means on the dot. If you wanted to say
It is 6 o clock on the dot = SON LAS SEIS EN PUNTO
It is 7 o clock on the dot = SON LAS SIETE EN PUNTO
If you want to say the time is quarter past two in Spanish that would be SON LAS DOS Y CUARTO
Quarter past three = SON LAS TRES Y CUARTO
Quarter past four = SON LAS CUATRO
Quarter past five = SON LAS CINCO Y CUARTO
Quarter past seven = SON LAS SIETE Y CUARTO
If you want to say the time is half past the hour the word in Spanish for half is MEDIA
Half past one = ES LA UNA Y MEDIA
Half past two = SON LAS DOS Y MEDIA
Half past three = SON LAS TRES Y MEDIA
If you want to say the time is quarter to one
ES LA UNA MENOS CUARTO
The word MENOS means less
It is quarter to two = SON LAS DOS MENOS CUARTO
It is quarter to three = SON LAS TRES MENOS CUARTO
It is quarter to four = SON LAS CUATRO MENOS CUARTO
Its is quarter to five = SON LAS CINCO MENOS CUARTO
These are just the basics to get by however in the rocket Spanish course there is a full explanation in a PDF file plus an audio to help you to be able to pronounce the words so that you will be understood.
Hope you enjoyed this post and has helped you make telling the time in Spanish easier
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