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Tiscali: Spanish Phrase Finder - Time

PHRASES

TIME

The 24-hour clock is used a lot more in Europe than in Britain.

After 1200 midday, it continues:
1300 - las trece, 1400 - las catorce, 1500 - las quince, etc. until 2400 - las veinticuatro. With the 24-hour clock, the words cuarto (quarter) and media (half) aren't used:

13.15 (1.15pm)	las trece quince
19.30 (7.30pm)	las diecinueve treinta
22.45 (10.45pm)	las veintidós cuarenta y cinco

What time is it, please?	am	pm
¿Qué hora es, por favor?	de la mañana	de la tarde
ke o-ra es por fabor	de la ma-nyana	de la tar-de

It's ...	2 o'clock	3 o'clock	6 o'clock (etc.)
Son...	las dos	las tres	las seis
son...	las dos	las tres	las se-ees

It's 1 o'clock	It's 1200 midday	At midnight
Es la una	Son las doce del mediodía	A medianoche
es la oona	son las do-the del medyo-dee-a	a medya no-che

9 las nueve las nwebe

9.10 las nueve y diez las nwebe ee dyeth

quarter past 9 las nueve y cuarto las nwebe ee kwarto

9.20 las nueve y veinte las nwebe ee be-een-te

9.30 las nueve y media las nwebe ee medya

9.35 las diez menos veinticinco las dyeth menos be-eentee-theenko

quarter to 10 las diez menos cuarto las dyeth menos kwarto

10 to 10 las diez menos diez las dyeth menos dyeth

TIME PHRASES

When does it open / close?	When does it begin / finish?
¿Cuándo abren / cierran?	¿Cuándo empieza / termina?
kwando a-bren / thye-rran	kwando em-pyetha / ter-meena

at 3 o'clock	before 3 o'clock	after 3 o'clock
a las tres	antes de las tres	después de las tres
a las tres	an-tes de las tres	des-pwes de las tres

today	tonight	tomorrow	yesterday
hoy	esta noche	mañana	ayer
oy	esta no-che	ma-nyana	a-yer

the day before yesterday	the day after tomorrow
anteayer	pasado mañana
ante-a-yer	pa-sado ma-nyana

in the morning	this morning	in the afternoon
por la mañana	esta mañana	por la tarde (until dusk)
por la ma-nyana	esta ma-nyana	por la tar-de

in the evening
por la tarde / por la noche (late evening or night)
por la tar-de / por la no-che

at half past 7	at about 10 o'clock
a las siete y media	a eso de las diez
a las sye-te ee medya	a eso de las dyeth

in an hour's time	in a while	two hours ago
dentro de una hora	dentro de un rato	hace dos horas
dentro de oona o-ra	dentro de oon rato	a-the dos o-ras

soon	early	late	later
pronto	temprano	tarde	más tarde
pronto	tem-prano	tar-de	mas tar-de

I'll do it...	as soon as possible	...at the latest
Lo haré...	lo antes posible	...lo más tarde
lo a-re...	lo an-tes posee-ble	...lo mas tar-de

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