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Telling time in Spanish

When asking and answering what time it is, we do the following:

¿Qué hora es?

Es la una (for one).

Son las cinco / las siete / las once, etc. (for any other hour).

The easiest way to tell time is to say:

Son las X y Y (where X = hour, Y = minutes).

Examples

9:17 Son las nueve y diecisiete.

3:35 Son las tres y treinta y cinco.

For half and quarter we have the option of saying media and cuarto respectively:

2:30 Son las dos y media.

7:15 Son las siete y cuarto.

We don't use am or pm. We indicate the time of day using expressions with the preposition de: las tres de la tarde, las ocho de la noche, etc.

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Cramming works for tomorrow's test but not for long-term retention. Spreading your study sessions out over days and weeks is far more effective than covering everything in one sitting.

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