it is seven fortythree

Question

I would like to translate time. it is 7:43

Answer 1

Es siete cuarenta y tres.

It is seven forty-three. (money)

Of course, you wouldn't use dos puntos with money. - 0074b507, May 15, 2010

Answer 2

I also learned in my textbook, with time, that 7:43 can also be Son las ocho menos diecisiete.

It is like what we do in English. To say 7:15, we say, "It is a quarter after seven." However, if it is 7:45, we say, "It is a quarter to eight."

In Spanish, we say for 7:15 (according to my textbook) "Son las siete y cuarto." We say 7:30 is "Son las siete y media." However, anytime after that, you go to the next hour and subtract the minutes. 7:45 becomes "Son las ocho menos cuarto."

SpanishDict, in one of the lessons I did, had a person using "y". I don't know if this is an alternate form, a form used in certain countries, or whether the rule has changed. However, whenever I have learned time in Spanish with other courses, we always used the "menos" after any number after 6.

Answer 3

We don't ever say las 7.43, unless we are in the military service

son las ocho menos cuarto, son las ocho menos 17 minutos

We would round up: son casi las ocho menos cuarto

I've wondered about this, as I studied Spanish before digital clocks. If your (digital) clock says 7:40, you still say "son las ocho menos veinte"? You wouldn't ever say "las siete y cuarenta"? - tennismom, May 15, 2010

Answer 4

Es siete cuarenta y tres.

($$$$)

It is seven forty-three.

Son las siete cuarenta y tres.

(Time)

Answer 5

7 is more than 1. It must be, "Son las siete cuarenta y tres."

OR

"Faltan diecisiete para las ocho."

Answer 6

son las siete cuarenta y tres

this is correct as time is always plural apart from "one" which is "es la una" - cyrilbrannigan, May 15, 2010

Answer 7

Son las siete cuarenta y tres.