How do you say "on time" in Spanish?

Question

I know that late is tarde and early is temprano But, I can't find what on time means..... It isn't in my textbook and the goole translate doesn't have any correct examples.....

• Hi and welcome to the forum! - sanlee Feb 1, 2012

Answer 1

Well, technically "a tiempo", but overall, we don't really believe in that very much. It is far safer to know how to use real time terms such as ahora; ahorita, luego, más luego, después, en un momentito, dentro de un rato, en un ratito, ahorita mismo nomás, enseguida, enseguidita, más tarde, or mañana.

• Mañana doesn't mean tomorrow, it mean not today. :-) - KevinB Feb 1, 2012
• Kevin gets it. :-) Really - please don't be so crass as to be "On time" for anything in Latin America! - Gekkosan Feb 1, 2012
• It used to drive the Americans nuts in Caracas. Nobody ever showed up "on time'" to meetings or parties. And I'm sure the Americans drove their caraqueño hosts nuts, showing up way too early, exactly when it said on the invitation. - KevinB Feb 1, 2012
• Kevin, I am surprised that the natives didn't change the time to 2 hours later than the intended time on the invitations in order to avoid this precise problem lol - FELIZ77 Feb 1, 2012
• Sometimes, when Venezuelans *know* that someone is incurably punctual, they tell them something like: "The invitation is for 8:00pm - that's 9:00pm for you!!" :-) - Gekkosan Feb 2, 2012

Answer 2

I think you can just say "a tiempo"

• Hi and welcome to the forum! - sanlee Feb 1, 2012

Answer 3

A la hora indicada o "hora inglesa".

• Good one! :-) - Gekkosan Feb 1, 2012
• Is it sufficient to say a la hora or do you have to add the word indicada, please? - FELIZ77 Feb 1, 2012
• In this context, "a la hora indicada". You use these expressions when for some reason you actually do want people to show up at the given time. - Gekkosan Feb 2, 2012

Answer 4

A tiempo or puntual.

Answer 5

En punto!

llegar a tiempo o en punto!

Answer 6

en el tiempo

• Welcome to the Forum Zalone, and thank you for your contribution. "En el tiempo" means something different: "through time", rather than "on time" - Gekkosan Feb 1, 2012

Answer 7

a tiempo