The translation would be "son las doce menos cinco."
Translation: Son las doce menos cinco OR Es mediodía/medianoche menos cinco.
It is twelve minus five OR It is noon/midnight minus five
it's 20 minutes till nine = son las nueve menos veinte
8:40 = son las nueve menos veinte
five minutes to 3 quarters past eight. 40 minutes past eight Zwanzig vor neun (in German) Almost nine
WEll what you do is say nine nine nine nine nine nine till it is complete
Hasta
nueve
20 to 9:00 is: Son las nueve menos veinte.
'twenty five minutes to nine' is 'vingt-cinq minutes à neuf'
You say "treinta minutos".
45 minutes is in English. Or you could say three quarters of an hour.
No (spanish accent) puedo esperar Asta chilpayate this is Spanish accent :-)
cincuenta y nueve is how you say fifty-nine in spanish :)
"no puedo esperar a navidad"
Yes, you can say "It's fifteen to nine" to indicate it is 8:45. This is a common way to express time in English.