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How do you ask 'What time is it?' in Spanish?

¿Qué hora es? means 'What time is it?'

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  1. ¿Qué hora es? ✔
  2. ¿Qué es eso?
  3. ¿Qué tal el viaje?

Why: Hora means hour or time of day. The question is the same across the Spanish-speaking world. ¿Qué es eso? means 'What is that?'

Huh, didn't know that: Spanish uses 'son las' for most hours but 'es la una' for one o'clock.

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Answer: ¿Qué hora es?. Hora means hour or time of day. The question is the same across the Spanish-speaking world. ¿Qué es eso? means 'What is that?'

  1. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 1 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%201/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume1-StudentText.pdf
    What time is it? ¿Qué hora es?
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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