Learning Spanish – Telling The Time

“¿Qué hora es?” (What is the time?) is a useful phrase to know when learning Spanish. Although things in Spain aren’t done to the minute… there is still structure to the day – so don’t believe everything you hear.

What time is it? – ¿Qué hora es?

It’s midday / midnight – Es medioia / medianoche

It’s three o’clock – Son las tres

It’s ten past nine in the morning – Son las nueve y diez de la mañana

It’s ten past two in the afternoon – Son las dos y diez de la tarde

At half past eight in the evening – A las ocho y media de la tarde

At twenty to seven in the morning – A las siete menos veinte de la mañana

At quarter to eleven at night – A las once menos cuarto de la noche

What time do you close? – ¿A qué hora cierran?

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If you fancy learning to tell the time in Catalan… then you may find this article by Brian McLean interesting. Good luck – it isn’t easy!

https://www.spainbuddy.com/a-question-of-time/

Elle Draper

Elle, along with Alan, is the owner of Spain Buddy and the busy web design business – Spain Web Design by Gandy-Draper.
Born a “Norverner”, she then spent most of her life “Dann Saff” before moving to Spain in 2006. Elle’s loves are Alan, the internet, dogs, good food, and dry white wine – although not necessarily in that order.