How to Say ‘At a quarter past ten’ in Italian
Alle dieci e un quarto
AHL-leh dee-EH-chee eh oon KWAHR-toh
[AHL-leh dee-EH-chee eh oon KWAHR-toh]
💬 Usage Tip: [A] + [le] becomes [alle], so times are usually said with this merged form: [alle dieci], [alle due]. For one o'clock, Italian uses [all'una].
Phrase Breakdown
Alle
[AHL-leh]
at the / at
Combination of a + le, used to say the time for plural hours.
Il volo parte alle Alle dieci e un quarto.
The flight leaves at ten fifteen.
dieci
[dee-EH-chee]
ten
The number ten, often used when telling time.
Il check-in chiude alle dieci Alle dieci e un quarto.
Check-in closes at ten, at ten fifteen.
e
[eh]
and
Simple conjunction meaning and; commonly used in telling time.
Sono le dieci e Alle dieci e un quarto.
It is ten and ten fifteen.
un
[oon]
a / one
Masculine singular indefinite article or the number one.
Manca un Alle dieci e un quarto d'ora alla partenza.
There is a quarter of an hour until departure.
quarto
[KWAHR-toh]
quarter
Used in time expressions to mean fifteen minutes.
Tra un quarto Alle dieci e un quarto inizia l'imbarco.
In a quarter of an hour, at ten fifteen, boarding starts.
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