nueve y veinticinco
/nwebe i beintiθinko/from spelling rules
The English phrase "nine twenty-five" is translated into Spanish as nueve y veinticinco.
This phrase is used to state the time when it is twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock.
How does it change in a sentence?
When using this to say "it is nine twenty-five", you should use the third-person plural verb son (as in son las nueve y veinticinco) because the hour is plural.
Did you know?
- In some Latin American regions, people use the phrase diez menos quince to describe the same time as nueve y veinticinco.
- The word nueve shares a common ancestor with the English word 'nine' and the Ancient Greek word ἐννέα, tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*h₁néwn̥'.
- If you are in Spain, you might hear the time given as las nueve y veinticinco, adding the article las before the number.
Examples in context
- Sí, a las nueve y veinticinco.Yes, at nine twenty-five.
- La clase empieza a las nueve y veinticinco.The class starts at nine twenty-five.
- Nos vemos a las nueve y veinticinco.We'll see each other at nine twenty-five.
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are checking the time before a meeting.
- Lucía¿Qué hora es, Daniel?What time is it, Daniel?
- DanielSon las nueve y veinticinco.It is nine twenty-five.
- Lucía¡Es muy temprano!It is very early!
- DanielSí, todavía tenemos tiempo.Yes, we still have time.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries nueve, veinticinco, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
