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Spanish translation: h min s


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English term or phrase:hrs, hr. min, mins. in Spanish?
Spanish translation:h min s
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19:43 Dec 12, 2005
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Science - Education / Pedagogy / science/math
English term or phrase: hrs, hr. min, mins. in Spanish?
These are abbreviations for hours, hour, minute, minutes,
how do you abbreviate those in Spanish-- are they the same? do I need to write a period at the end of each?

Thank you sooo much for your help
vtm
h min s
Explanation:
See annexed site from Academy for Spanish Language.
h for hour or hours
min for minute(s)
s for second(s)
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Laurent Slowack
Local time: 06:21
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muchas gracias, el enlace que incluyó fue muy útil :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +14h, minCarlos Segura
5 +7hrs. hr. min. min.blucero
5 +1h min s
Laurent Slowack
5h (hora/s), min (minuto/s)Patricia Lucanera


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
hrs, hr. min, mins. in spanish?
hrs. hr. min. min.


Explanation:
This is the way you abbreviate horas, hora, minuto, minutos.
12 hrs. 15 min.
1 hr. 1 min.

blucero
Local time: 04:21
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  edonis53
6 mins
agree  Walter Landesman
13 mins
agree  Mariana Passo
16 mins
agree  Rebeca Larios
2 hrs
agree  PaulinaRich: De acuerdo excepto que las abreviaciones deben llevar mayuscula: Hrs., Hr.,
2 hrs
disagree  Patricia Lucanera: h, min, en minúscula.
5 hrs
agree  Gabriela Mejías: En minúscula, Paulina. Saludos!
6 hrs
agree  Rosa Maria Duenas Rios: Si es para público hispano de Estados Unidos, se coloca punto (y no coma) después de cada abreviatura.
7 hrs
agree  xxxOso
3 days1 hr
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hrs, hr. min, mins. in spanish?
h min s


Explanation:
See annexed site from Academy for Spanish Language.
h for hour or hours
min for minute(s)
s for second(s)


    Reference: http://www.elcastellano.org/artic/hora-rae.htm
Laurent Slowack
Local time: 06:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
muchas gracias, el enlace que incluyó fue muy útil :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Fernanda Garstein
5 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +14
hrs, hr. min, mins. in spanish?
h, min


Explanation:
Sea plural o singular, estas abreviaciones no varían.

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Note added at 54 mins (2005-12-12 20:37:48 GMT)
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http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter4/table6.html

España, y me imagino que la mayoría, sino la totalidad, de los países hispanohablantes están adheridos al sistema internacional de unidades. Como ingeniero, siempre he procurado seguir el SI con relación al uso de los simbolos de unidades.

Carlos Segura
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Malega
0 min
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Inés Coduri
10 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Marina56: Si estoy de acuerdo contigo, va h, min. Aunque a veces, en el caso de horas vi hs. pero minutos queda igual
15 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Angela&Claudio
21 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
31 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Susy Ordaz: totally agree
50 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Douchka Lecot
54 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  urst
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Victoria Gil Talavera
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  moken: :O)
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Sí, señor :)
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  hecdan
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Adriana de Groote: Así es, sin puntos, sin "s" y en minúsculas
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Anabel Martínez
2 days15 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hrs, hr. min, mins. in spanish?
h (hora/s), min (minuto/s)


Explanation:
Va sin punto y es indistinto para singular y plural.

Ortografía de la Lengua Española-Real Academia Española
Diccionario de Dudas de Manuel Seco de la RAE.

Saludos

Patricia Lucanera
Local time: 09:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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