These games about time in Spanish provide helpful opportunities for students to practice and reinforce their knowledge of concepts related to time in a fun and engaging way.
By playing these games, you will familiarize yourself with essential vocabulary, including:
- Time of day: hours, minutes, morning, afternoon and evening.
- Calendar vocabulary: days of the week, months and seasons.
- Core language skills: reading comprehension, listening comprehension and pronunciation.
Mastering vocabulary related to time in Spanish is very important for everyday communication and scheduling tasks. These online activities (like matching, sorting, drag and drop and sequencing) use real-life scenarios to provide an enjoyable way to enhance your skills.
If you want to practice telling the time in a complete way, or if you want to provide activities to your children or students, don't hesitate to take a look at the games below!
Essential Spanish Vocabulary about Time
| Spanish Word | English Translation | Example Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| El reloj | The clock / watch | Miro mi reloj todos los días. |
| La hora | The hour / time | ¿Qué hora es? |
| El minuto | The minute | Faltan cinco minutos. |
| Hoy | Today | Hoy tengo mucha energía. |
| Mañana | Tomorrow / Morning | Te veo mañana por la mañana. |
| La tarde | The afternoon | Juego al parque por la tarde. |
4 Quicks for Telling The Time Like a Spanish Native
- Es vs. Son: when telling time in Spanish, always use the plural "Son las..." (e.g., Son las tres), except for 1:00. Because one is singular, you must use "Es la..." (e.g., Es la una). Check our interactive Spanish clock to review this!
- Adding and Subtracting Minutes: to express minutes past the hour, use "y" (e.g., Son las dos y cuarto - It is 2:15). To express minutes leading up to the next hour, use "menos" (e.g., Son las tres menos cuarto - It is 2:45).
- Time vs. Weather: remember that the Spanish word tiempo can mean both "time" (as an abstract concept) and "weather". However, if you want to ask "what time is it?", you must always use the word hora (¿Qué hora es?).