How to Say ‘Half an hour’ in Spain Spanish
Media hora
MEH-dyah OH-rah
[MEH-dyah OH-rah]
💬 Usage Tip: There's no word for "a" here: it's media hora, not una media hora. Same with y media for half past, as in las tres y media "half past three".
Phrase Breakdown
Media
[MEH-dyah]
half
Used in time to mean half past.
Llego a las diez y media.
I arrive at half past ten.
hora
[OH-rah]
hour
Feminine noun for a period of sixty minutes.
La clase dura una hora.
The class lasts an hour.
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