12 50 Pm In Spanish

Introduction

What time is information technology? and at what time?

To ask What time is information technology? Castilian-speaking people say ¿Qué hora es? (What is the hr?)

To ask what time something is going to have identify, At what time? Spanish-speaking people say ¿A qué hora? (At what hour?)

Castilian talks most the hr, not the fourth dimension!

When nosotros talk nigh the hour of the day in English we refer to it every bit the fourth dimension, such as What time is it? or It is 5:twenty. In each of these cases, "it" is the time.

Even so, Castilian-speakers refer to the hour, such every bit What is the hour? or The hr is 2. "It" refers to the hr rather than the time.

Two Spanish words for time, tiempo and vez, are not used to refer to the time of twenty-four hours. Tiempo refers to time in a general sense of the word, such equally I don't have enough time. Vez refers to an occurrence of time, such every bit Once upon a time, or two times.

Words related to time in Spanish are usually feminine.

Since the Spanish word for hr, la hora, is feminine, most words related to telling fourth dimension in Spanish are too feminine.

Es la una.	Information technology is 1:00 (utilize una rather than uno for one)
A las dos.	It is 2:00 (use la and las for the)
Son las cinco y media.	Information technology is 5:30. (apply media for half by the hr rather than medio)

At that place is a formal way and an informal way of telling time in Spanish.

Many Spanish-speaking people both in the United States and in Spanish-speaking countries oftentimes apply piddling shortcuts in telling fourth dimension. Some of these methods are considered proper, simply others are considered to exist a sign of bad grammer. These will be explained at the end of this unit.

Information technology helps to know how to tell fourth dimension on a traditional clock in order to learn the Castilian method of telling fourth dimension.

Many younger people are accustomed to telling time with digital clocks and watches and sometimes have difficulty telling the exact time on a typical 12-number round faced clock. This often makes it hard to acquire the formal style of telling fourth dimension when referring to the left side of the clock (12:31, i:45, 5:55, etc.)

Spanish-speaking people retrieve with a dissimilar concept when telling time on the left side of the clock.

When nosotros say 4:40 we are referring to the final 60 minutes that was passed on the clock (4 was the terminal hr and 5 is the adjacent hr coming up). Still, in the formal manner of telling time in Spanish one uses the next hour coming upwards for the left side of the clock (4:40 is thought of as 5 minus xx minutes, much as we would recall in maxim 20 til 5). This will exist explained in the following sections.

Spanish-speaking countries often use military time for things such every bit train and plane schedules or sometimes for appointments or special events.

i:00 AM = 0100 hours	9:00 AM = 0900 hours
1:00 PM = 1300 hours	eleven:00 PM = 2300 hours

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Telling Time in Spanish the Formal Way

How to tell fourth dimension when it is direct on the 60 minutes

To place what time information technology is when it is on the hour, such as 1:00, 3:00, or nine:00 we say Es la una, Son las tres, or Son las nueve.

We use Es la for 1:00 because the 60 minutes is 1. (Remember, in Castilian nosotros talk about the hour rather than the time every bit we do in English). Nosotros use Son las for 2:00 through 12:00 because the hours are more than i.

When we want to emphasize that it is 1:00 sharp or 5:00 on the dot we can say Es la una en punto, or Son las cinco en punto.

Note: Es la is used from 12:31 through 1:30, twice a mean solar day. Son las is used all the rest of the time.

How to tell time when it is not direct on the hr

The following diagram and explanation will help you sympathise the basics of telling time between 1 infinitesimal afterward the 60 minutes to one minute before the hour:

The Left Side of the Clock

menos

From 29 minutes till the hour to one minute till the hour we use the next hr coming upward minus the number of minutes.

Case

: 12:xl (1:00 minus xx minutes)
Es la una menos veinte.

v:55 (six:00 minus five minutes)
Son las seis menos cinco.

The Correct Side of the Clock

y

From 1 minutes after the 60 minutes through half past the hr nosotros use the last hr we passed plus the number of minutes.

Case

: 1:ten (ane:00 plus 10 minutes)
Es la una y diez.

5:25 (5:00 plus 25 minutes) Son las cinco y veinticinco.

The Left Side of the Clock

More examples

It is 11:31 Son las doce menos veintinueve.
It is 12:31 Es la una menos veintinueve.
At 11:31 A las doce menos veintinueve.
At 12:31 A la una menos veintinueve.
At 6:52 A las siete menos ocho.

The Right Side of the Clock

More examples

It is 11:29 Son las once y veintinueve.
It is one:29 Es la una y veintinueve.
At 11:29 A las once y veintinueve.
At 1:29 A la una y veintinueve.
At 6:22 A las seis y veintidós.

Talking near quarter by the hour or half past the hr

Quarter past the hour

Rather than using the number xv for 15 minutes by the 60 minutes Spanish-speaking people normally say cuarto which means quarter. (Cuarto is just like the Spanish number 4 (cuatro) with the t and r reversed.)

Examples

5:15	Son las cinco y cuarto.
ane:xv	Es la una y cuarto.
5:45	Son las seis menos cuarto.
12:45	Es la una menos cuarto.

One-half past the hour

Rather than using the number 30 for 30 minutes past the hour Spanish-speaking people normally say media which means half. (Both medio and media mean one-half, but we use media since hour is feminine.)

Examples

5:xxx	Son las cinco y media.
1:30	Es la una y media.
5:30	A las cinco y media.
1:thirty	A la una y media.

Talking nigh AM and PM in Castilian.

When we desire to talk almost AM we apply de la mañana or por la mañana. We use de la when we are talking about a specific time of day, but we use por la when we are talking about a full general time of the day or nighttime.

When we want to talk nigh PM we use de la tarde or de la noche or por la tarde or por la noche, depending on whether it is afternoon or night.

Examples

Son las nueve de la mañana.	It's 9:00 AM or Information technology'due south 9:00 in the forenoon.
Tengo una reunión mañana por la tarde.	I have a coming together tomorrow afternoon.
Siempre miro las noticias por las mañanas.	I always watch the news in the morning time.

Talking near apex and midnight.

We utilise the word mediodía (meaning half way through the day) for noon and medianoche (meaning half way through the night for midnight. Since day, el día, is masculine we use the masculine prefix medio for noon, and we use the feminine prefix media for midnight since night, la noche, is feminine.

Examples

Es el mediodía.	It's noon.
Tengo una cita al mediodía.	I have an appointment at noon.
Es la medianoche.	Information technology's midnight.
Miro las noticias a la medianoche.	I lookout man the news at midnight.

Telling Time in Spanish the Breezy Way (slang)

Nearly Spanish-speaking people use more breezy ways of telling time in their everyday lives. Well-nigh of these are very adequate although there are some shortcuts used by some people which are considered to exist a sign of poor grammar in some circles.

The Left Side of the Clock

para

From 29 minutes till the hour to 1 minute till the hr you can apply minutes + para + the adjacent 60 minutes coming upward.

Example:

12:forty (20 minutes till i)
veinte para la una
or
Son las doce cuarenta.

5:55 (5 minutes till 6)
cinco para las seis
or
Son las cinco cincuenta y cinco.

The Right Side of the Clock

From 1 minutes after the hour through half past the hour one tin can utilize the last hour passed plus the number of minutes, without adding y. Son las and es la is oftentimes omitted.

Example:

1:x (i:00 plus 10 minutes)
una diez.

5:25 (5:00 plus 25 minutes) cinco veinticinco.

Slang:

Sometimes people use quince and treinta rather than cuarto and media to talk about quarter past the hour or one-half by the hour. To some Castilian-speaking people this practise is considered bad grammar!

Slang:

Some Spanish-speaking people will say ¿Qué horas son? or shorten it to ¿Qué hora son? rather than ¿Qué hora es? for What time is it? To some Spanish-speaking people this practise is considered bad grammar!