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Sunday September 2, 2007

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hora, noun:
time; hour

You’ll already know hora as time from the basic question ¿Qué hora es? What’s the time?, or as people often ask in Mexico: ¿Me da su hora?
It has other uses in this meaning.

¿A qué hora llega?
What time is he arriving?

Nunca llega a la hora.
He never arrives on time.

Ha llegado la hora de descansar.
The time has come to rest.

And of course, another basic meaning is hour:

Me ha llevado horas hacerlo.
It took me hours to do it.

El vuelo dura dos horas y media.
The flight lasts two and a half hours.

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