Key Phrases
Hoy
Today
¿Qué hora es?
What time is it?
Son las dos en punto
It is two o'clock
Skills You'll Learn
Understanding time-related vocabulary
Comprensión del vocabulario relacionado con el tiempo
Asking for the time
Preguntar por la hora
Telling the time correctly
Decir la hora correctamente
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hoy
oy
Today
Mañana
mah-NYA-nah
Tomorrow / morning
💬 [mañana] can mean either "tomorrow" or "morning." The rest of the sentence tells you which one: [mañana voy] = "tomorrow I'm going," but [por la mañana] = "in the morning."
See breakdown →Pasado mañana
pah-SAH-doh mah-NYA-nah
Day after tomorrow
💬 [pasado mañana] literally uses [pasado] "passed" to mean the day after [mañana]. The same pattern works backward too: [anteayer] is common for "the day before yesterday," not *[pasado ayer].
See breakdown →Ayer
ah-YEHR
Yesterday
Hora
OH-rah
Hour
Minuto
mee-NOO-toh
Minute
Segundo
seh-GOON-doh
Second
Noche
NOH-cheh
Night
Tarde
TAHR-deh
Afternoon
💬 [tarde] can mean both "afternoon" and "evening" in everyday Spanish. So [buenas tardes] covers a wider time range than English "good afternoon" usually does.
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