it's time for us to go now

What time is it?

Can your child tell the time yet?

time and space

Time will tell.

at the time of his wedding

breakfast-time.

This won't take much time to do

I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris

At the end of the exam, the supervisor called "Your time is up!"

Now is the time to ask him.

He's been to France four times.

He went through an unhappy time when she died

We had some good times together.

in slow time.

He timed the journey.

You timed your arrival beautifully!

før éller sénere — ра́ньше и́ли по́зже

før i tíden — ра́ньше, ра́нее

lo hemos visto ya — we've seen it already

ya han dado las diez — it's past ten already

¿ya has terminado? — have you finished already?

¿ya habías estado antes en Valencia? — had you been to Valencia before?

ya me lo suponía — I thought as much

ya se acabó — it's all over now

ya en el siglo X — as early as the tenth century

ya es la hora — time's up

ya es hora de irnos — it's time for us to go now

ya está aquí — he's here already

ya viene el autobús — here's the bus

ya puedes irte — you can go now

ya podéis ir pasando al comedor — you can start going through into the dining room now

estos zapatos ya me están pequeños — these shoes are too small for me now

¿ya anda? — is she walking yet?

¿ya te vas? — are you leaving already?

lo quiero ya — I want it (right) now

¡cállate ya! — oh, shut up!

¡ya voy! — coming!

ya te llegará el turno a ti — you'll get your turn

ya lo arreglarán — it'll get fixed sometime

ya iré cuando pueda — I'll try and make it when I can

ya verás como todo se arregla — it'll all work out, don't you worry

ya veremos — we'll see (about that)

• ya no — not any more, no longer

ya no vive aquí — he doesn't live here any more, he no longer lives here

ya no viene a visitarnos — he doesn't come to see us any more, he no longer comes to see us

ya no quiero más — I don't want any more

ya no lo volverás a ver — you won't see it any more

Javier ya no es tan alto como su hermano — Javier isn't as tall as his brother any more, Javier is no longer as tall as his brother

ya entiendo — I see

¡ya lo sé! — I know!

-¿no te acuerdas de ella? es la hija de Ricardo -¡ah, ya! — "don't you remember her? she's Ricardo's daughter" - "oh yes, of course!"

ya, pero... — yes, but...

esto ya es un robo — this really is robbery

pues ya gasta ¿eh? — he really does spend a lot, doesn't he?

¿una hora tardas en llegar al trabajo? pues ya está lejos ¿eh? — it takes you an hour to get to work? it must be quite some way away!

ya lo creo que estuvimos allí — you bet we were there

¿que no se ha casado? ya lo creo que sí — you say she hasn't got married? I think you'll find she has

es más pobre que Haití, que ya es decir — it's poorer than Haiti, and that's saying something

¡murió con 104 años, que ya es decir! — she was 104 when she died, which is no mean achievement!

pues si él no viene, ya me dirás qué hacemos — you tell me what we'll do if he doesn't come

rellena el impreso y ya está — fill in the form and that's it

¡ya está bien! — that's (quite) enough!

¡ya me gustaría a mí poder viajar! — I wouldn't mind being able to travel either!

¡ya era hora! — about time too!

¡ya podían haber avisado de que venían! — they could have said they were coming!

¡ya puedes ir preparando el dinero! — you'd better start getting the money ready!

ya por una razón, ya por otra — whether for one reason or another

ya te vayas, ya te quedes, me es igual — whether you go or stay is all the same to me

ya dice que sí, ya dice que no — first he says yes, then he says no, one minute he says yes, the next he says no

no ya aquí, sino en todas partes — not only here, but everywhere

debes hacerlo, no ya por los demás, sino por ti mismo también — you should do it, not just for everyone else's sake but for your own sake too

• ya que — (seeing) as, since

ya que no estudia, por lo menos podía ponerse a trabajar — seeing as she isn't studying, the least she could do is get a job

¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?

ya terminé — I've (already) finished

ya te dije que no — I've already said no

ya lo sé — I (already) know

aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!

le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down

dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?

ese color ya no se lleva — nobody wears that color any more

ya ni siquiera me escribe — he doesn't even write (to) me any more

estaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think

creo que ya no vienen — I don't think they'll come now

no ya... sino — not (just)... but

estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring

ya voy! — coming!

la comida ya va a estar — the meal's almost ready

preparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!

ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea — you'd better start getting used to the idea

ya te contaré — I'll tell you all about it

ya lo entenderás — you'll understand one day

éste ya no me gusta tanto — I don't like this one so much

pintado de blanco ya es otra cosa — it really does look much better painted white

ya quisiera yo! — I should be so lucky!

ya era hora — about time (too)!

ya me tienes harta! — I'm (just about) fed up with you!

ya que — since, as

ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here

ya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too

se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone

¿ya te has gastado todo el dinero? — have you spent all the money already?

ya terminé — I've (already) finished

ya te dije que no — I've already said no

ya lo sé — I (already) know

aprietas este botón y ya está! — you press this button, and that's it!

le teníamos tanta fe y ya ves, nos ha defraudado — we had such faith in him and look what happened, he's let us down

dile que venga - ya, pero ¿si no quiere? — tell her to come - yes, but what if she doesn't want to?

ese color ya no se lleva — nobody wears that color any more

ya ni siquiera me escribe — he doesn't even write (to) me any more

estaba muy segura pero ya no sé qué pensar — I was very sure about it, but now I don't know what to think

creo que ya no vienen — I don't think they'll come now

no ya... sino — not (just)... but

estamos hablando no ya de cambios sino de una total reestructuración — we are not (just) talking about changes but about a total restructuring

ya voy! — coming!

la comida ya va a estar — the meal's almost ready

preparados listos ya! — on your mark(s), get set, go!

ya puedes ir haciéndote a la idea — you'd better start getting used to the idea

ya te contaré — I'll tell you all about it

ya lo entenderás — you'll understand one day

éste ya no me gusta tanto — I don't like this one so much

pintado de blanco ya es otra cosa — it really does look much better painted white

ya quisiera yo! — I should be so lucky!

ya era hora — about time (too)!

ya me tienes harta! — I'm (just about) fed up with you!

ya que — since, as

ya que estás aquí — since o as you're here

ya que estoy, limpio éste también — while I'm at it I may as well clean this one too

se puede solicitar ya sea en persona o por teléfono — it can be ordered either in person or by telephone

tre ore e mezza — three and a half hours

mezz'ora — half an hour

durante le ore d'ufficio — during office hours

è a un'ora di cammino/d'auto dalla stazione — it's an hour's walk/drive from the station

aspetto da un'ora — I've been waiting for an hour

pagare a ore — to pay by the hour

sono pagati a ore — they're paid by the hour

all'ora — an hour

lo pagano 30 euro all'ora — they pay him 30 euros an hour

70 km all'ora — 70 km an hour

(parte della giornata) che ora è?, che ore sono? — sono le 4 — what time is it? — it's 4 (o'clock)

che ora fai? — what time do you make it?

a che ora parti? — what time are you leaving?

ora sto meglio — I'm better now

ora non posso uscire — I can't go out (just) now

ora sono molto occupata — I'm very busy at the moment

ora come ora — right now, at present

per ora — for now

(poco fa) è uscito (proprio) ora — he's just gone out

or ora — just now, a moment ago

10 anni or sono — 10 years ago

ora arrivo — I'm just coming, I'll be right there

(correlativo) ora... ora... — now..., now...

ora qui ora lì — now here now there

ora piange ora ride — one minute he's crying, the next he's laughing

ora che — now (that)

un'ora di lavoro, di lezione — an hour's work, lesson

due -e di attesa — two hours' wait, a two-hour wait

seguire qcs. di ora in ora — to follow sth. hour by hour

dopo tre -e d'aereo — after three hours on the plane, after a three-hour flight

è a due -e di macchina, di treno da Milano — it's two hours' drive away from Milan, it's two hours away from Milan by train

essere a quattro -e di marcia, cammino da — to be a four-hour walk from

essere pagato all'ora, a -e — to be paid by the hour

avere due -e di chimica alla settimana — to have two hours of chemistry per week

parlare di qcs. per delle -e, per -e e -e — to talk about sth. for hours on end

chiedere, dire l'ora — to ask, tell the time

guardare l'ora — to look at the time

che ora è, che -e sono? — what time is it? what's the time?

sono le -e 10 — it's 10 o'clock

hai l'ora? — have you got the time?

che ora fai? — what time do you make it?

a che ora...? — what time..?

alle dieci, ora italiana — at 10, Italian time

l'ora dell'arrivo, della partenza — the arrival, departure time

all'ora convenuta, stabilita — at the agreed time

tutti i giorni alla stessa, solita ora — every day at the same time

a tarda ora, a un'ora tarda (della notte) — late (at night)

fare le -e piccole — to keep late hours

a quest'ora sarà lontano — he must be a long way off by now

il tuo amico non verrà più a quest'ora — your friend won't come this late

è ora di partire — it's time to leave, it's time we left

è ora che tu faccia — it's time for you to do

ora di pranzo, di cena — lunchtime, dinnertime

all'ora dei pasti, -e pasti — at mealtime(s)

ora di Greenwich — Greenwich Mean Time

ora di punta — peak hour, rush hour

ora solare — solar time

l'ora della verità — the moment of truth

la casa ora è sua — it's his house now

ora è il momento di agire — now it's time for action

ora è un anno che... — it's been a year now since...

e ora? — what now?

prima d'ora — before now

fino ad ora — up to now, up until now

fin, sin d'ora — here and now

per ora — for now, for the moment, for the time being

ora come ora — at this moment in time, as things stand now

ora o mai più — (it's) now or never

ora che ci penso — now that I think of it, come to think of it

è arrivato ora — he's arrived just now, he's just arrived

stavo parlando di te or ora — I was just talking about you

ora vengo — I'm (just) coming, I'll be right there

era ora calmo ora brusco — he was sometimes calm (and) sometimes brusque

ora velocemente, ora lentamente — now fast, now slowly

credi di aver capito, ora ti dimostro che non è vero — you think you've understood, but now I'll show you that you haven't

ora avvenne che... — now it happened that...

ora dovete sapere che... — now (then), you ought to know that

hace ahora un mes — a month ago now

ahora o nunca — now or never

el ahora primer ministro — the present prime minister

la juventud de ahora — the youth of today, today's youth

no es una cosa de ahora — it's not a recent thing

por ahora ha dirigido sólo dos películas — up to now he has only directed two films

ahora que lo dices — now that you mention it

ahora que lo pienso — come to think of it, now that I think of it

ahora sí que os habéis equivocado — this time you're definitely wrong

me lo acaban de decir ahora — they've just told me

acaban de llegar ahora mismito — they've just this minute arrived

ahora lo apunto — I'll write it down in a minute

ahora mismo voy — I'll be right there, I'll be there in a minute

¡hasta ahora! — see you in a minute!

ahora, yo entiendo que eso no fue lo acordado — I understand, though, that that is not what was agreed

es muy barato; ahora, si no te gusta no lo compro — it's very cheap; then again, if you don't like it I won't buy it

es listo, ahora que bastante vago — he's bright, although quite lazy

ahora la quitan, ahora la ponen — one minute they take it away, the next they put it back

la ducha escocesa, ahora caliente, ahora fría — the Scottish shower - one minute hot, the next cold

ahora me lo dices! — now you tell me!

la juventud de ahora — young people today

ahora que lo pienso — now I come to think of it

problemas hasta ahora insolubles — hitherto insoluble problems

por ahora va todo bien — everything's going all right so far

por ahora — for the time being

ahora voy! — I'm coming!

ésta es mi sugerencia. Ahora, si tú tienes una idea mejor... — that's my advice. Of course, if you have a better idea...

ahora bien — (indep) however

ahora me lo dices! — now you tell me!

la juventud de ahora — young people today

ahora que lo pienso — now I come to think of it

problemas hasta ahora insolubles — hitherto insoluble problems

por ahora va todo bien — everything's going all right so far

por ahora — for the time being

ahora voy! — I'm coming!

ésta es mi sugerencia. Ahora, si tú tienes una idea mejor... — that's my advice. Of course, if you have a better idea...

ahora bien — (indep) however

¿qué pasó? — what happened?

¿pasa algo? — is anything up?, is anything wrong?, is anything the matter?

como si no hubiese pasado nada — as if nothing had happened

aquí pasa algo misterioso — there's something odd going on here

siempre pasa igual {o} lo mismo — it's always the same

¿qué pasa que no entra? — why doesn't she come in?

¿qué ha pasado con ella? — what's become of her?

pase lo que pase — whatever happens, come what may

pasarle a algn: nunca me pasa nada — nothing ever happens to me

no me ha pasado otra (igual) en la vida — nothing like this has ever happened to me before

siempre me pasa lo mismo, lo pierdo todo — it's always the same, I keep losing things

tuvo un accidente, pero por suerte no le pasó nada — he had an accident, but fortunately he wasn't hurt

esto te pasa por no hacerme caso — this is what comes of not listening to me, this wouldn't have happened (to you) if you'd listened to me

¿qué te pasa? — what's the matter?

¿qué le pasa a ese? — what's the matter with him?

la cuerda pasa de un lado a otro de la calle — the rope goes from one side of the street to the other

cuando muera la empresa pasará al hijo — when he dies the company will go to his son

pasó de mis manos a las suyas — it passed from my hands into his

pasar a un cuarto contiguo — to go into an adjoining room

pasar de Inglaterra al Canadá — to go from England to Canada

no se puede pasar — you can't go through, you can't go in

pasamos directamente a ver al jefe — we went straight in to see the boss

los moros pasaron a España — the Moors crossed over into Spain

pasó una bicicleta — a bicycle went past

¿a qué hora pasa el cartero? — what time does the postman come?

¿ha pasado ya el camión de la basura? — have the dustmen been?

ese autobús no pasa por aquí — that bus doesn't come this way

pasaré por la tienda mañana — I'll go {o} pop into the shop tomorrow

tendrá que pasar por mi despacho — he'll have to come to my office

pase por caja — please pay at the cash desk

pasaré por tu casa — I'll drop in

te pasaré a buscar a las ocho — I'll pick you up at eight

pasa a verme cuando quieras — come round whenever you like

el equipo ha pasado a primera división — the team has gone up to the first division