6 15 Pm In Spanish

Decir la hora

Telling time in Spanish Knowing how to tell time is essential for traveling, meeting upward with friends, making appointments, and getting to work or schoolhouse on fourth dimension. Once you learn these formulas, you lot'll never have an excuse to be late again!

Spanish time

In that location are three Spanish translations for "time," each with a unlike meaning.

*la ora*	time as in telling time
¿Qué hora es?	What time is it?
*el tiempo*	time as in a period of time
Pasé algún tiempo aquí.	I spent some time here.
*la vez*	fourth dimension every bit in instance
Lo hice una vez.	I did information technology in one case.

Merely hora is needed for this lesson – when telling time, it's equivalent to "o'clock."

Telling fourth dimension in Spanish

To inquire "What time is information technology?" you lot need the verb ser (to be) in the third person singular:

¿Qué hora es?

When answering the question, you use the singular conjugation only for one o'clock, noon, and midnight:

For two o'clock and upwardly, the verb has to exist plural, as does the definite commodity:

It's 2 o'clock	Son las dos.	02:00 h.
It'south three:30	Son las tres y media. Son las tres y treinta.	03:xxx h.
It'due south 4:xv	Son las cuatro y cuarto. Son las cuatro y quince.	04:fifteen h.
It's four:45	Son las cinco menos cuarto. Son las cinco menos quince. Son las cuatro y cuarenta y cinco.	04:45 h.
It's 5:10	Son las cinco y diez.	05:ten h.
It's vi:fifty	Son las siete menos diez. Son las seis y cincuenta.	06:50 h.
It's 7 a.m.	Son las siete de la mañana.	07:00 h.
It'due south iii p.1000.	Son las tres de la tarde. Son las quince.	15:00 h.
It'due south 6 p.m.	Son las seis de la noche. Son las dieciocho.	18:00 h.
It's 12 noon	Son las doce de día.	12:00 h.
It's midnight	Son las doce de la noche.	00:00 h.

Note

Spanish doesn't have perfect equivalents for "a.one thousand." and "p.chiliad." You can use de la mañana for am, de la tarde from apex until six p.chiliad., and de la noche from 6 p.chiliad. until midnight, but time is ordinarily expressed on a 24-hour clock. Thus 3pm would be translated as las quince or 15:00 h.