How to Tell Time in Spanish | Beginner Phrase Practice

Show Notes

Listen and repeat 8 essential Spanish phrases for telling time, made for absolute beginner Spanish learners. In this lesson: • Ask and answer what time it is in Spanish • Say full, half, and quarter hours correctly • Repeat each phrase aloud until it feels natural Vocabulary from this episode: ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?), Es la una (It is one o'clock), Son las tres (It is three o'clock), Son las cuatro y media (It is half past four), Son las cinco y cuarto (It is a quarter past five), Son las siete menos cuarto (It is a quarter to seven), ¿A qué hora? (At what time?), A las ocho de la mañana (At eight in the morning) Practice these phrases with the Lisn app: https://lisn.onelink.me/qwSi?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=es-lessons-en&utm_content=decir-la-hora-neutral

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This is a Spanish lesson for complete beginners. Today we are learning how to tell time in Spanish. After you hear each phrase, repeat it out loud.
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¿What time is it?
¿Qué hora es?
¿Qué hora es?
¿Qué hora es?
¿What time is it?
¿Qué hora es?
It is one oclock.
Es la una.
Es la una.
Es la una.
It is one oclock.
Es la una.
It is three oclock.
Son las tres.
Son las tres.
Son las tres.
It is three oclock.
Son las tres.
It is half past four.
Son las cuatro y media.
Son las cuatro y media.
Son las cuatro y media.
It is half past four.
Son las cuatro y media.
It is a quarter past five.
Son las cinco y cuarto.
Son las cinco y cuarto.
Son las cinco y cuarto.
It is a quarter past five.
Son las cinco y cuarto.
It is a quarter to seven.
Son las siete menos cuarto.
Son las siete menos cuarto.
Son las siete menos cuarto.
It is a quarter to seven.
Son las siete menos cuarto.
¿At what time?
¿A qué hora?
¿A qué hora?
¿A qué hora?
¿At what time?
¿A qué hora?
At eight in the morning.
A las ocho de la mañana.
A las ocho de la mañana.
A las ocho de la mañana.
At eight in the morning.
A las ocho de la mañana.
Great work. Today you practiced eight phrases: what time is it, it is one oclock, it is three oclock, it is half past four, it is a quarter past five, it is a quarter to seven, at what time, and at eight in the morning. That is the end of this lesson.