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How to Say ‘At half past ten’ in Italian

Alle dieci e mezza

AHL-leh DYEH-chee eh MET-tsah

[AHL-leh DYEH-chee eh MET-tsah]

💬 Usage Tip: alle is a + le merged, because times are treated as plural hours. The exception is one o'clock: all'una.

Phrase Breakdown

Alle dieci

AHL-leh DYEH-chee

At ten

'Alle' is 'a' plus 'le', used for clock times. 'Dieci' sounds like DYEH-chee.

Example

Ci vediamo alle dieci.

See you at ten.

Words in this phrase

Alle

[AHL-leh]

at the / at

Used before clock times; alle is used with plural hours like two, three, four.

Example

Ci vediamo alle cinque.

We'll see each other at five.

dieci

[DYEH-chee]

Ten

Representing the number following nine and preceding eleven.

Example

Ci sono dieci studenti in classe oggi.

There are ten students in class today.

e mezza

eh MET-tsah

thirty (half past)

'E mezza' adds half an hour. The 'zz' sounds like 'dz': MED-dza.

Example

Sono le tre e mezza.

It's half past three.

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

A conjunction used to connect words or options in a list.

Example

Bianco e nero sono disponibili.

White and black are available.

mezza

[MET-tsah]

half

In time expressions, e mezza means half past the hour.

Example

Sono le tre e mezza.

It is half past three.

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