Time Question

Question

In Spanish for times after a half hour, is it better to say the hour and the number of minutes or the following hour minus the number of minutes?

Por ejemplo, to say 3:40 is it Son las tres y cuarenta or cuatro menos veinte?

Or are both correct?

Thanks

Baron

Answer 1

Acceptable does not mean it is correct as what is taught in school. The following link shows many examples of telling time and was a game here on spanishdictionary.com

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Answer 2

Both acceptable.