Time

Want to tell time and talk about your day in Spanish? This Spanish Vocabulary set on time covers the clock, the calendar, and everyday time words across four quizzes.

Telling Time in Spanish

You will read clock expressions and greetings like buenos días (good morning) and es la una (it is one o'clock), then move to the calendar with days like sábado (Saturday) and handy words like anteayer (the day before yesterday). The quizzes ask you to read each prompt and give its English meaning.

Time words are everywhere in daily life, from making plans to catching a bus. They also smooth out small talk, since asking the time or the day is a natural way to start a conversation. Time expressions come up the moment you make plans with someone, so they are among the most practical phrases to have ready. A little fluency here makes everyday coordination far easier.

Spanish Time Expressions with Audio Pronunciation

Each phrase comes with audio, so you hear the rhythm of a full expression. Reading son las cinco y media (it is half past five) aloud makes the longer phrases much quicker to recognize.

Did You Know?

Spanish often tells time by counting down to the next hour rather than up, subtracting the minutes instead of adding them. Spotting that pattern early saves a lot of confusion once you start hearing times in real conversations.

How the Quizzes Work

The four quizzes cover the clock, the calendar, and common time questions, each taking just a few minutes. You can repeat them whenever you like, and reading the expressions aloud speeds up recognition. Practice is what makes telling time feel automatic, so you can read a clock or a calendar in Spanish without translating in your head.

Ready to never miss a beat in Spanish? Open these free interactive Spanish quizzes and start telling time today.

1. Telling Time in Spanish 1

This Spanish quiz has you read clock expressions and short greetings, ten in all, and give their English meaning. You will see Spanish prompts such as Buenos días. and Es la una. and work out what each one says. A feature that surprises a lot of learners is the way Spanish tells time after the half hour by counting down to the next hour rather than up, so the minutes are subtracted instead of added. Spotting that pattern early saves a lot of confusion later. Practise reading these aloud, since hearing the rhythm makes the times much quicker to recognise on the spot. Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

score: 95% (everyone)

🎧 10 questions

2. Telling Time in Spanish 2

This Spanish quiz gives you ten more clock readings to translate into English, focused on the hours from three through nine. Prompts include Son las tres. and Son las cinco y media., with several that pin down the exact minutes. Watch for the phrases that count backward from the next hour, since Spanish often names the minutes before an hour by subtracting them, which feels upside down to English speakers at first. A few also mark morning or evening, so you learn to place a time within the day. Read them out loud until the longer expressions stop feeling like a mouthful. Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

score: 94% (everyone)

🎧 10 questions

3. Telling Time in Spanish 3

This Spanish quiz moves from the clock to the calendar, with ten items to read and translate into English. You will see prompts such as sábado, mediodía, and anteayer. A neat surprise is how Spanish folds whole English phrases into a single word, so something that takes three words in English, like the day before yesterday, becomes one tidy term. Little space-savers like that are oddly satisfying to learn. The days of the week sit in here too, so pair them with your own routine and they will settle in faster across a few rounds of practice. Recommended level: beginner.

score: 96% (everyone)

🎧 10 questions

4. Telling Time in Spanish 4

This Spanish quiz has eleven everyday time words and questions to read and translate into English. Prompts include hoy, mañana, and ¿Qué hora es?. The handy part is the pair of full questions tucked in among the single words, which hand you ready phrases for asking the day and the time out loud. One word here is worth a second look, since the same term can mean both tomorrow and morning depending on how it is used, which surprises plenty of beginners. Practise the questions until they roll off easily and small talk gets a good deal smoother. Recommended level: beginner.

score: 95% (everyone)

🎧 11 questions