How to Say ‘Around half past nine’ in Spain Spanish
Sobre las nueve y media
SOH-breh lahs NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah
[SOH-breh lahs NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah]
🇪🇸 In Spain: Half past nine is a normal dinner time in Spain. Many restaurants don't even open for dinner before 8:30pm.
Phrase Breakdown
Sobre las nueve
SOH-breh lahs NWEH-beh
Around nine
'Sobre' with a time means 'around' or 'approximately'.
Llego sobre las nueve.
I'll arrive around nine.
Words in this phrase
Sobre
[SOH-breh]
around / about (time)
With times it means approximately.
Sobre las diez está bien.
Around ten is fine.
las
[lahs]
the (for hours)
Feminine plural article used before clock times.
Llegamos a las ocho.
We arrive at eight.
nueve
[NWEH-beh]
nine
The number 9.
Cenamos a las nueve.
We have dinner at nine.
y media
ee MEH-dyah
thirty (half past)
'Y media' adds half an hour to the time.
Son las dos y media.
It's half past two.
Words in this phrase
y
[ee]
and; past (when telling time)
In clock times, 'y' adds minutes after the hour, like 'past'.
Son las dos y diez.
It's ten past two.
media
[MEH-dyah]
half (past)
With times, 'y media' means thirty minutes past.
Son las dos y media.
It's half past two.
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