How to write the time in Spanish?

Question

how do i write out it is 10:45 in the morning

Welcome to the forum! - --Mariana--, Sep 6, 2011

Answer 1

Son las once menos cuarto de la mañana.

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Son las diez y cuarenta y cinco de la mañana.

Answer 2

Alternative: Un cuarto para las once de la mañana.

Answer 3

Son las (the hour) y (minutes)

Answer 4

Son las once menos cuarto de la mañana.

Answer 5

Son las once menos cuarto de la mañana.

Answer 6

And still another view,from one who gets scolded for doing it wrong most of the (time)

Spain has its stuctured way of stating the time, México has as many variations as we have Méxicans it seems.

"Son Las" seems universal, with the exception of 1:00 ( son la una y minutos)

Here in mexico we can hear several versions for the same time:

Son las diez y cuarenta cinco.

Son las diez y tres cuartos

Son las once menos quince

son las diez falta quince.

I have heard them all.

Typically concert times are posted using the 24 hour clock

" concert starts at 20:00"

In my opinion any form will work and you will be understood. It will be interesting to hear from native speakers around our Spanish speaking world to see if there are yet more variations.

Answer 7

Hey Shonie00
The lesson for numbers and time in SpanishDict is this one:

http://www.spanishdict.com/learn/show/9

If you prefer to read an article instead of view a video, which may sometimes be quicker, then check this source:

http://spanish.about.com/cs/forbeginners/a/telling_time.htm

If you are only interested in this particular time reading - even though I'm only a beginner - I agree with everyone else on this translation:

Son las once menos cuarto de la mañana

Good luck

The trouble with the about.com article is that it's quite incomplete. For example, Animalescus gives the example of "un cuarto para las once de la mañana", a common way to say this in Latin America, but not in the about.com article. - Jeremias, Sep 6, 2011

Answer 8

Han pasado diez cuarenta y cinco de la mañana.

From another point of view