Key Phrases
Hoy
Today
¿Qué hora es?
What time is it?
Son las tres y media de la tarde
It is three thirty in the afternoon
Skills You'll Learn
Understanding daily time references
Comprensión de referencias temporales diarias
Asking for the current time
Preguntar la hora actual
Telling the time in Spanish
Decir la hora en español
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hoy
oy
Today
Mañana
mah-nyah-nah
Tomorrow / morning
💬 [Mañana] can mean both "tomorrow" and "morning"; the rest of the sentence tells you which one. For example, [mañana trabajo] is "tomorrow I work," but [por la mañana] is "in the morning."
See breakdown →Pasado mañana
pah-sah-doh mah-nyah-nah
Day after tomorrow
💬 [Pasado mañana] is the fixed way to say "the day after tomorrow" — not literally "future morning." You can reuse the same pattern with [anteayer] for "the day before yesterday," but [pasado mañana] itself does not mean "next morning."
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
tar-deh
Afternoon
💬 [Tarde] can mean both "afternoon" and "late," so watch the context. As a time word, you often hear it in phrases like [por la tarde] = "in the afternoon."
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