How to Say ‘An hour of traffic jam.’ in Spain Spanish
Una hora de atasco.
OO-nah OH-rah deh a-TAS-koh
[OO-nah OH-rah deh a-TAS-koh]
💬 Usage Tip: Use de to link an amount of time to what filled it. For example: media hora de cola "half an hour of queue".
Phrase Breakdown
Una hora
OO-nah OH-rah
An hour
The 'h' in 'hora' is silent, so the vowels join together: 'u-nao-ra'. 'Hora' is feminine, so it takes 'una'.
Espero una hora.
I wait for an hour.
Words in this phrase
Una
[OO-nah]
a; one
An indefinite article used before a singular feminine noun.
Busco Una cultura que apoye el aprendizaje.
I’m looking for a culture that supports learning.
hora
[OH-rah]
hour
Feminine noun for a period of sixty minutes.
La clase dura una hora.
The class lasts an hour.
de atasco.
deh a-TAS-koh
of traffic jam.
'Atasco' means 'traffic jam' in Spain. Blend 'de' into 'atasco': 'dea-TAS-co'.
Hay mucho atasco hoy.
There's a lot of traffic today.
Words in this phrase
de
[deh]
of
A common connector joining type with company.
En la pregunta ¿Qué tipo de empresa?, de conecta las ideas.
In the question What type of company?, de connects the ideas.
atasco
[a-TAS-koh]
traffic jam
Noun for a road blockage of slow or stopped traffic.
Hay mucho atasco hoy.
There's a lot of traffic today.
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