how do you say 20 minutes before four

Question

how do you day "twenty minutes before four"

Answer 1

Faltan veinte minutos para las cuatro

Answer 2

Son las cuatro menos viente.

Answer 3

Son las tres y cuarenta ~OR~ Son las cuatro menos veinte

Answer 4

In English, "twenty minutes before four" (more commonly said "twenty till four") means the time is 3:40.

Answer 5

Subí al autobús a las cuatro menos veinte = I got on the bus at twenty to four

Subí al autobús veinte minutos antes de las cuatro = I got on the bus twenty minutes before four.

Answer 6

twenty minutes before four = veinte minutos antes de las cuatro

Look, try to put the first word in blocks. I mean, instead of "twenty" "Twenty", This way the link to enter your thread will work better. There is no solucion any more unless you open a new thread with the same subject.

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"Cuatro menos veinte" rather than "veinte minutos antes de las cuatro",,,, - MrSeba, Feb 14, 2010

But "cuatro menos veinte" = it's twenty to four - nila45, Feb 14, 2010

I have never heard that the time can be expressed this way. And however the expression "veinte minutos antes de las cuatro" exists. For example, "subí al autobús veinte minutos antes de las cuatro" - nila45, Feb 14, 2010