son las cinco

it's five o'clock

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it's five o'clock Used to tell the time; Spanish uses a plural form for hours other than one.
SP: Son las cinco y media.
EN: It's half past five.

Son las cinco.

It's five o'clock.

Son las cinco y cuarto.

It's five fifteen.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Son las cinco y media.

It's half past five.

Son las cinco menos cuarto.

It’s quarter to five.

Son las cinco, tiene que ser él.

It's five o'clock, it has to be him.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Son las cinco pasadas.

It's past five o'clock.

— La La Land: Una historia de amor (2016)