How to Say ‘Around eight o'clock.’ in Italian
Verso le otto.
VEHR-soh leh OHT-toh
[VEHR-soh leh OHT-toh]
💬 Usage Tip: [Verso] with a time means 'around' or 'about': [verso le otto], [verso mezzogiorno]. It's a handy way to sound natural when the time isn't exact.
Phrase Breakdown
Verso
[VEHR-soh]
around / about
Introduces an approximate time rather than an exact one.
Possiamo arrivare verso le otto.
We can arrive around eight.
Le otto
leh OHT-toh
eight o'clock
A time expression; in Italian the article is used with clock times.
Ci vediamo alle otto.
We’ll meet at eight.
Words in this phrase
le
[leh]
the
Used in time expressions before the hour in Italian.
Verso le otto il ristorante è già pieno.
Around eight the restaurant is already full.
otto
[OHT-toh]
eight
The hour mentioned in the reservation time.
La prenotazione è verso le otto.
The reservation is around eight.
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