It means "quarter past eight".
"Thirty-eight" is an English equivalent of the Spanish number treinta y ocho. It merges treinta ("thirty," "30"), y ("and") and ocho ("eight," "8"). The pronunciation will be "TREN-teye-O-tcho" in Uruguayan Spanish.
cuarenta y ocho cuarenta y ocho cuarenta y ocho
38, thirty eight
"A las ocho y media de la manana" means "at eight thirty in the morning" in English.
That would be "mil novecientos cincuenta y ocho" a very busy year for Fidel Castro..
You would say "setecientos cuarenta y ocho".
Veintiocho (veinti meaning 20 and ocho meaning 8)This differs to 38, 48, 58 etc as they would be treinta y ocho, quarenta y ocho, cincuenta y ocho respectively.
Setenta y ocho grados
Cien setenta y ocho
Las once y treinta y ocho (11.38) or las doce menos veintidos (22 minutes to 12)
Son las ocho y media, or sonlas ocho y teinta
168 translates to "ciento sesenta y ocho" in Spanish.