how to say what the time is in spanish

Question

how will you express the time in spanish.e.g it is 7 'o clock.

Answer 1

In this way:

7:00: Las 7 en punto

7:15: Las 7 y cuarto

7:30: Las 7 y media

7:40: Las 8 menos veinte

7:45: Las 8 menos cuarto

7:50: Las 8 menos diez

Answer 2

Paralee, our qualified on-line teacher, has produced a series of excellent, short video clips which you should find very helpful There is one about Time lesson 1:8 entitled ''Numbers and time''

Here is the link link text

Please remember that there is often more than one way to give the time, in Spanish as there is in English:

eg ''¿Qué hora es?'' = ''What time is it?''

Son las ocho menos diez o Son las siete y cincuenta (minutos)

= It is ten to eight or it is seven fifty

I have been taught and prefer to use the second method for giving the time from the hour eg 3 o' clock up to the half hour (3:30pm) son las tres y veinte = It is three twenty

but use the first method for giving time after the half hour up to the following hour(4pm)

eg; Son las cuatro menos veinte cinco = It is twenty five to four

I hope this helps

son las tres y veinte :) - Tosh, Jul 5, 2011

Thaks Tosh :) I completed this in a hurry and made a simple silly mistake - FELIZ77, Jul 5, 2011

Answer 3

Hola

In Mexico you can answer the time in two ways:

• Starting with the hour

7:35 (7 y media) or (7 con 30) or (7 30) 7:40 (7 con 40) or (7 40) 7:50 (7 con 50) o (7 50)

*Starting with the minutes

7:35 (25 para las 8) 7:40 (20 para las 8) 7:50 (10 para las 8)

All the ways mentioned are correct, but these are most used in the street.