How to say ¨in time¨ and ¨on time¨ in Spanish?

Question

How to say ¨in time¨ and ¨on time¨ in Spanish?

Cuanto antes? Or what?

Answer 1

In time and On time ----> A tiempo, a la hora, puntualmente

Cuanto antes ----> As soon as possible

I am sure I may be leaving out a few other options.

Answer 2

A tiempo = on time. Estoy a tiempo = I'm on time. In time? Don't know.

Edit: Cuanto antes means ASAP and cuanto antes.....mejor, means the sooner the better.

I started learning Chinese, huang se. - jeezzle, Jan 27, 2011

Very good,lol, Are you saying amarillo? - zhmelissa, Jan 27, 2011

Yes, but I can't figure out how to make the pinyin mark things. ;) - jeezzle, Jan 27, 2011

Believe me, Chino no es menos difícil que español. - zhmelissa, Jan 27, 2011

My goal is to speak Spanish, English, and Mandarin Chinese so that I can be a translator. I think only Spanish and English isn't enough to be a translator. And Chinese is a really cool language. I know some Japanese but Chinese seems better to know. - jeezzle, Jan 27, 2011

I keep trying to learn Chinese, but those tones....aghhh! ni hao is all I can remember. Oh and se for color. - webdunce, Jan 27, 2011

Answer 3

Por ejemplo:

A tiempo=On time=Cogió un taxi para llegar a tiempo a la casa.

Cogió un taxi para llegar cuanto antes a la casa. This one is in time?? Is it correct?

Cogió un taxi para llegar a tiempo a casa is what you need to say. - gone, Jan 27, 2011

Answer 4

Cogió un taxi para llegar cuanto antes a la casa. This one is in time?? Is it correct?

Keeping in mind that I am not native, so all my answers are really just advanced guesses, I would say that says "He/she took a taxi in order to arrive home as quickly as possible". Keep in mind too that coger is not used in Mexico much in that way, because it means to have sexual relations. You might use tomar or pillar.