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Son las tres y cuarenta y dos de la tarde.

English translation: It is three forty-two p.m.

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Spanish term or phrase:Son las tres y cuarenta y dos de la tarde.
English translation:It is three forty-two p.m.
Entered by: mónica alfonso

15:46 Oct 27, 2001
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: Son las tres y cuarenta y dos de la tarde.
son las tres y cuarenta y dos de la tarde.
sarah
Hi, Sara
Explanation:
It is three forty-two pm.
Selected response from:

mónica alfonso
Local time: 13:10
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7Hi, Sara
mónica alfonso
5 +3It is three forty-two in the afternoon.
maria_g
5Hi, Sara
mónica alfonso
5It is 18 minutes to four in the afternoon
Berry Prinsen


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Hi, Sara


Explanation:
It is three forty-two pm.

mónica alfonso
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 657
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MJ Barber
18 mins
  -> Gracias
agree  Paul Roige (X)
52 mins
  -> Gracias
agree  Spyros Chryssikopoulos: That is correct!
9 hrs
  -> Gracias
agree  Helen D. Elliot (X): the abbreviation takes a period after the "p": "p.m." or "P.M" in small caps
9 hrs
  -> You're right
agree  Sheila Hardie: But with P.M. or p.m.
9 hrs
  -> You're right
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
15 hrs
  -> Gracias
agree  Myrtha
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Myrtha
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Hi, Sara


Explanation:
It is three forty-two pm.

mónica alfonso
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 657
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
It is three forty-two in the afternoon.


Explanation:
In any case, it sounds a little bit odd to be so precise (42 min). You could go for 3:40 in which case it will be it is three forty in the evening/pm or it is twenty to four in the evening.

maria_g
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mgonzalez (X)
3 mins
  -> tanks!
agree  AngelaMR: Right! :)
5 hrs
  -> thanks! (this time without any typo ;-)
agree  athena22
8 hrs
neutral  Sheila Hardie: in the afternoon, but not in the evening, it's too early for evening
9 hrs
  -> oops! sorry, it slipped in.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
It is 18 minutes to four in the afternoon


Explanation:
Just another way of saying it

Berry Prinsen
Spain
Local time: 18:10
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 12
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