Writing Dates and Time in Spanish

Learning Spanish can be easy if yo have the write teacher. Here are few examples of how to learn to write dates and times in Spanish.

Helpful Tips When Writing Time In Spanish

Time

When speaking, times in Spanish are given in Am/Pm form (but saying de la mañana (morning), de la tarde (afternoon), de la noche

(evening/night) or de la madrugada (late night) to distinguish in the middle of Am and Pm. On the other hand, in most countries times are

rendered in 24-hour format, with a colon separating hours andminutes: 9 o'clock Am nueve de la mañana (spoken: noo-Weh-vay day la mahn-Yah-nah), 9:00 (written)

12:30 Pm

doce y media de la mañana (spoken: Doh-say ee May-dee-yah day la

mahn-Yah-nah), 12:30 (written)

1 o'clock Pm

una de la tarde (spoken: Ooh-nah day lah Tahr-day), 13:00 (written)

10 o'clock Pm

diez de la noche (spoken: dee-Ayss day la Noh-chay), 22:00 (written)

2 o'clock Am

dos de la madrugada or dos de la mañana (spoken: Dohss day la

mah-drooh-Gah-dah or Dohss day la mahn-Yah-nah), 2:00 (written)

Spanish Time period

__ minute(s) __ minuto(s) (mee-Nooh-toh(ss))

__ hour(s) __ hora(s) (Ohr-ah(ss))

__ day(s) __ día(s) (Dee-aah(ss))

__ week(s) __ semana(s) (say-Mah-nah(ss))

__ month(s) __ mes(es) (Mayss-(ayss))

__ year(s) __ año(s) (Ah-nyoh(ss))

Spanish Time Duration: Days

today hoy (Oy)

yesterday ayer(I-air)

tomorrow mañana (surely you know how to speak this word:

mahn-Yah-nah)

this week esta semana (Ehs-tah say-Mah-nah)

last week la semana pasada (lah say-Mah-nah pah-Sah-dah)

next week la semana que viene (lah say-Mah-nah kay vee-Ayn-ay)

Monday lunes (Looh-nayss) - Week Begins On This Day

Tuesday martes (Mahr-tayss)

Wednesday miércoles (mee-Air-coh-layss)

Thursday jueves (Whay-vayss)

Friday viernes (vee-Air-nayss)

Saturday sábado (Sah-bah-doh)

Sunday domingo (doh-Meen-goh)

Spansih Time Duration: Months

January enero (eh-Neh-ro)

February febrero (feh-Breh-ro)

March marzo (Mar-zo)

April abril (ah-Bril)

May mayo (May-o)

June junio (Hoo-nio)

July julio (Hoo-lio)

August agosto (ah-Go-sto)

September septiembre/setiembre (se-Tee-Yem-bray)

October octubre (ok-Too-brey)

November noviembre (no-Vee-Yem-bray)

December diciembre (dee-Cee-Yem-bray)

Helpful Tips When Writing Dates In Spanish

In Spanish dates are given in day-month-year form. All spoken and written, long and short forms result this pattern:

October 3rd, 2003

3 de octubre de 2003

May 21st, 1997

21 de mayo de 1997

In Spanish day-month constructions (4 de julio, for example) are not regularly abbreviated. In the rare cases than an abbreviation is used, the whole of the month is not used, but its introductory letter is. Usual examples are:

23-F

23 de febrero, date of a failed coup d'êtat in Spain (1981)

11-S

11 de septiembre, date of the strike to the Twin Towers (2001) (and

of the Chilean coup in 1973).

Writing Dates and Time in Spanish

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