¿A qué hora mañana?
/a ˈke ˈoɾa maˈɲana/word by word
To ask "what time tomorrow" in Spanish, say ¿A qué hora mañana?
¿A qué hora mañana? is a short question used to confirm the time of a plan for the next day.
What does it mean word for word?
A qué hora means "at what time" and mañana means "tomorrow".
Which one should you use?
mañana means "tomorrow", but with the word for "the" in front it means "the morning".
How do you pronounce it?
The ñ in mañana sounds like the ny in canyon, and the stress falls on the middle syllable.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not forget the opening upside down question mark in writing.
Did you know?
- In some regions, if you ask ¿A qué hora mañana? and the person responds with a time like a las doce, they might be using a 24-hour clock to avoid confusion between noon and midnight.
- The word hora shares its distant ancestry with the Greek word ὥρᾱ, which refers to 'season' or 'appointed time' as much as it refers to a clock hour.
- While hora means 'hour', it is used in Spanish to refer to a specific point in time, unlike English where 'hour' usually refers to a duration of sixty minutes.
