Usage examples of "a horas de" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Cuáles son las horas de comida? What are the meal hours?
Ella lo cremó a 24 horas de su muerte. She cremated him within 24 hours of his death.
Me pregunto si un hombre podría vivir con solo dos horas de sueño por noche. I wonder whether a man could live with only two hours' sleep a night.
Los trabajadores se quejaron cuando les aumentaron el número de horas de trabajo. The workers complained when their working hours were extended.
¿Cuántas horas de sueño necesitas? How many hours of sleep do you need?
Necesito nueve horas de sueño. I need nine hours of sleep.
La condena de Tom fue de 25 horas de servicio comunitario. Tom's sentence was 25 hours of community service.
Estudio inglés dos horas de media al día. I study English for two hours in the middle of the day.
Los trabajadores se quejaron cuando les ampliaron las horas de trabajo. The workers complained when their working hours were extended.
Ella llegó al hotel a altas horas de la noche. She got to the hotel late at night.
Mis horas de estudio son entre las 8 y las 11 p.m. My hours of study are from 8 to 11 p.m.
Tras tres horas de discusión no habíamos llegado a ninguna parte. After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.
Él llevaba dos horas de lectura cuando ella entró. He had already spent two hours lecturing when she came in.
A causa del mal tiempo, el avión llegó con tres horas de retraso. Because of bad weather, the plane arrived three ours late.
Los osos también suelen dormir más durante el día que durante la noche, aunque esto no se aplica durante el verano, con veinticuatro horas de luz. Bears also tend to sleep more during the day than at night, although in the summer, with twenty-four hours of light, this does not apply.
Esta tarde tengo dos horas de clase de inglés y dos horas de clase de chino. This afternoon I have English class for two hours and then two hours of Chinese.
Estamos a tres horas de San Pablo. We are three hours from São Paulo.
Si el jefe te dice que tienes que hacer horas extra, entonces no te queda más remedio que hacerlo. If the boss says you've got to work overtime, then there's no choice but to do so.
Llevo dos horas esperando. I've been waiting for two hours.
Esperé por diez minutos, aunque esos diez minutos parecieron como diez horas para mí. I waited for ten minutes, though they seemed like 10 hours to me.
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