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There is no o'clock in Spanish. It's a totally English artifact. Spanish doesn't have it. French doesn't have it. German doesn't have it. Hebrew doesn't have it. Japanese doesn't have it. Greek doesn't have it. No doubt, the list goes on. Most languages treat time telling like this: Question - "What hour is it?" or "What is the hour?" Answer - "It is (they are) XX hour."

Some languages leave off the 'hour' part of the answer (Spanish, for one) because once you know you're talking about the time, 'hour' is implied.

For a time of 1 o'clock (plus or minus 29 minutes), it is simply "es la una..."

For other hours, it is "son las.." followed by the hour number, plus or minus minutes.

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