Spanish online learning: how to tell the time in Spanish

To be able to tell the time in any language, I advise you to first learn the basic numbers. In this lesson I will teach you how to tell the time in Spanish.

What time is it? – What time is it? – What time is it? – kay orah is.

Es la una – It’s the one – Es la 1.o’clock – Es lah ooh-nah.

It’s two o’clock – It’s two o’clock – It’s 2 o’clock – s-on lahss dohss.

It’s three o’clock – It’s three – It’s 3.o’clock – s-on lahss tr-es.

It’s eight – It’s eight – It’s 8.o’clock – s-on lahss o-ch-o.

It’s eleven o’clock – It’s eleven o’clock – It’s 11 o’clock – s-on lahss on-s-ay.

It’s ten past one – It’s 1:10

Six fifteen – 6:15.

Seven nineteen – 7:19.

Once and twenty five – 11:25.

Some things are totally different on Spanish time;

The fact that in Spanish you do not continue adding after half an hour, for example you would not say 1.35, 1.40, 1.55 and so on. What Spanish speakers do instead is subtract from the next hour, so you would actually say, 2 o’clock minus 5 minutes or 2 o’clock minus 20 minutes, etc.

Media is used to mean half an hour and a quarter for a quarter and a quarter for any hour.

It’s one and a half. It’s 1:30.

Four fourth menus – 3.45.

New and fourth – 9.15.

When you speak on the 12-hour clock in Spanish, you must emphasize;

• In the morning – in the morning/before noon (noon)
• Afternoon – from noon to late afternoon.
• Evening – early afternoon until midnight (midnight)
• Seven in the morning – 7.00 am
• It’s noon – It’s noon.
• It’s midnight – It’s midnight.
• It’s five to four in the afternoon – It’s 3.55 in the afternoon.
• It’s eight thirty at night – It’s 8.30 at night.

Here are some other expressions related to time that may be useful:

• Good morning Good Morning.
• Good afternoon Good afternoon.
• Good night – Good evening/good evening as a farewell or greeting.
• See you tomorrow – see you tomorrow.
• See you later – see you later.
• When? – When?
• It’s half past one more or less – It’s around 1.30.
• Quarter past two – exactly 2.15.
• Tomorrow tomorrow.
• Tomorrow morning – tomorrow morning.
• Tomorrow afternoon – tomorrow afternoon.
• Tomorrow night – tomorrow night.