Telling the time in Portuguese

How to tell the time in Portuguese, a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil and a number of other countries.

English	Portuguese (Português)
What time is it?	Que horas são? Que horas tens (ou você tem)?
It's one o'clock	É uma hora
It's quarter past one	É uma hora e quinze
It's half past one	É uma hora e meia
It's quarter to two	É uma hora e quarenta e cinco
It's two o'clock	São duas horas
It's quarter past two	São duas horas e quinze
It's half past two	São duas horas e meia
It's quarter to three	São duas horas e quarenta e cinco
It's three o'clock	São três horas
It's quarter past three	São três horas e quinze
It's half past three	São três horas e meia
It's quarter to four	São três horas e quarenta e cinco
It's four o'clock	São quatro horas
It's quarter past four	São quatro horas e quinze
It's half past four	São quatro horas e meia
It's quarter to five	São quatro horas e quarenta e cinco
It's five o'clock	São cinco horas
It's quarter past five	São cinco horas e quinze
It's half past five	São cinco horas e meia
It's quarter to six	São cinco horas e quarenta e cinco
It's six o'clock	São seis horas
It's quarter past six	São seis horas e quinze
It's half past six	São seis horas e meia
It's quarter to seven	São seis horas e quarenta e cinco
It's seven o'clock	São sete horas
It's quarter past seven	São sete horas e quinze
It's half past seven	São sete horas e meia
It's quarter to eight	São sete horas e quarenta e cinco
It's eight o'clock	São oito horas
It's quarter past eight	São oito horas e quinze
It's half past eight	São oito horas e meia
It's quarter to nine	São oito horas e quarenta e cinco
It's nine o'clock	São nove horas
It's quarter past nine	São nove horas e quinze
It's half past nine	São nove horas e meia
It's quarter to ten	São nove horas e quarenta e cinco
It's ten o'clock	São dez horas
It's quarter past ten	São dez horas e quinze
It's half past ten	São dez horas e meia
It's quarter to eleven	São dez horas e quarenta e cinco
It's eleven o'clock	São onze horas
It's quarter past eleven	São onze horas e quinze
It's half past eleven	São onze horas e meia
It's quarter to twelve	São onze horas e quarenta e cinco
It's twelve o'clock	São doze horas
It's quarter past twelve	São doze horas e quinze
It's half past twelve	São doze horas e meia
It's quarter to one	São doze horas e quarenta e cinco
It's midnight	É meia-noite
It's midday	É meio-dia
in the morning	da manhã
in the afternoon	da tarde
in the evening	da noite

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