Telling Time in Spanish:

Telling time in Spanish is easy, especially if you already know how to read the clock in English!

Telling Time in Spanish: How Many Hours are There in a Day?

Now, read and repeat the following sentences:

Telling Time in Spanish: What Time Is It?

In Spanish you can ask for the time in several ways. The following are the most common ones:

¿Qué hora es?: the word "es" refers to a single hour. If it's one O'clock, the correct answer is es la una. (It's one O'clock).

Another way to ask the time in Spanish is ¿Qué horas son?: the word "son" is the plural form of "es", and it's used from 2 O'clock onwards. The correct answer to this question is Son las _____ (and you insert the correct time in the blank).

Yet, another way of asking for the time in Spanish is by saying ¿Qué horas tiene?, which roughly translates into "what time have you got?". And you can answer with son las _____ (and you insert the correct time in the blank), or es la una(it's one O'clock).

Listen, read and repeat the following sentences:

¿Qué hora es? Es la una. Es la una en punto.	It's one O'clock.
¿Qué horas son? Son las dos. Son las dos en punto.	What time is it? It's 2 O'clock.
¿Qué horas tiene? Son las tres. Son las tres en punto.	What time is it? It's 3 O'clock.
¿Qué horas son? Son las cuatro. Son las cuatro en punto.	What time is it? It's 4 O'clock.
¿Qué horas tiene? Son las cinco. Son las cinco en punto.	What time is it? It's 5 O'clock.
¿Qué horas son? Son las siete. Son las siete en punto.	What time is it? It's 7 O'clock.
¿Qué horas son? Son las ocho. Son las ocho en punto.	What time is it? It's 8 O'Clock.
¿Qué horas tiene? Son las nueve. Son las nueve en punto.	What time have you got? It's 9 O'Clock.
¿Qué horas son? Son las diez. Son las diez en punto.	What time is it? It's 10 O'clock.
¿Qué horas tiene? Es la una y cinco. Son cinco pasado la una.	What time have you got? It's 5 past 1.
¿Qué horas son? Es la una y media. Es la una y treinta minutos.	What time is it? It's 30 past 1.
¿Qué horas tiene? Es la una y veinte. Veinte pasados la una.	What time have you got? It's 1:20. It's 20 past one.
¿Qué horas son? Un cuarto a las dos. Quince a las dos. Es la una y cuarenta y cinco	What time is it? It's a quarter to 2. It's fifteen (minutes) to two. It's one forty five.
¿Qué horas tiene? Son las tres y veinticinco. Son veinticinco pasadas las tres.	What time have you got? It's 3:25. It's 25 past 3.
¿Qué horas son? Faltan veinte a las dos. Es la una y cuarenta.	What time is it? It's 20 to 2. It's 1:40.

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