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How to Say ‘For nine o'clock’ in Spain Spanish

Para las nueve

PAH-rah lahs NWEH-beh

[PAH-rah lahs NWEH-beh]

💬 Usage Tip: With reservation times, [para] often means "for" in the sense of "booked for": [una mesa para las nueve]. For the exact time something happens, you'll also often see [a las nueve].

Phrase Breakdown

Para

[PAH-rah]

for

A preposition meaning “for” or “by”; in reservations, it helps indicate the intended time.

Example

La mesa es Para las nueve.

The table is for nine o’clock.

Las nueve

lahs NWEH-beh

nine o’clock

Used to express the time, literally “the nine.”

Example

Llegamos a las nueve.

We arrive at nine.

Words in this phrase

las

[lahs]

the

Plural feminine definite article, used here as part of the time expression “las nueve.”

Example

La reserva es Para las nueve.

The reservation is for nine o’clock.

nueve

[NWEH-beh]

nine

The number nine; in this phrase it refers to nine o’clock.

Example

Hemos reservado Para las nueve.

We have reserved for nine o’clock.

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