Telling Time In Spanish

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Regardless of which Spanish-speaking country you’re in, a conversation about time usually starts with ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?) Here’s how you can tell someone what time it is in Spanish:

• When someone asks you, ¿Qué hora es? respond with the following:

  Es la una (if the time is within the 1 o’clock hour) or Son las + the hour (if the time is after 1 o’clock)

  

• To express the time after the hour (but before half past the hour), use y (and) and the number of minutes.

  Son las dos y cinco. (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).

  Son las cinco menos veinte. (It is 4:40.)

• You can also express time numerically.

  Son las cuatro y cuarenta. (It’s 4:40.)

  

The following chart shows how to express time after and before the hour:

Examples of Telling Time in Spanish

Time	Spanish
1:00	la una
2:05	las dos y cinco
3:10	las tres y diez
4:15	las cuatro y cuarto or las cuatro y quince
5:20	las cinco y veinte
6:25	las seis y veinticinco
7:30	las siete y media or las siete y treinta
7:35	las ocho menos veinticinco or las siete y treinta y cinco
8:40	las nueve menos veinte or las ocho y cuarenta
9:45	las diez menos cuarto or las nueve y cuarenta y cinco
10:50	las once menos diez or las diez y cincuenta
11:55	las doce menos cinco or las once y cincuenta y cinco
noon	el mediodía
midnight	la medianoche

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Gail Stein, MA, has more than 30 years’ experience teaching languages in New York City public junior and senior high schools. She is also the author of Spanish Workbook For Dummies, Spanish Essentials For Dummies, and Intermediate Spanish For Dummies.

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