y cuarto = quarter past
menos cuarto = quarter to
y media = half past
en punto = on the dot (NOT
It’s TIME to
Talk about
TIME
o’clock)
Telling the time in Spanish is quite
simple. We say the hour first,
and if it’s PAST that hour we say
Son las xx y xx
It’s xx and xx
It’s xx past xx
So 10 past 9
is
Son las nueve y diez.
If it’s coming up to the hour, we
say
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Son las xx menos xx
It’s xx minus xx
It’s xx to xx