Spanish: What's the difference?

Question

What is the difference in the following terms: tiempo, vez, hora, rato? TIA

Answer 1

Tiempo is use to describe time or seasons: It's summer time; Es el tiempo de verano. There was a time... Hubo un tiempo...

Hora can be use to describe time or one hour. At what time; En que hora? In one hour; En una hora.

Rato is basically a short moment. We are leaving in a little while; Los vamos en un rato

Vez is used to talk about a moment in time or sight.
This one time in summer camp; Una vez en un campamento de verano. What do you see; Que vez (this can also mean "what time")

Answer 2

oops its difficult to explain

-tiempo its more like months or years
-vez its like if you are telling a story and you said once....
-hora its like a certain hour or you are talking about a short period of time (hours)
-rato its a little less than hours

so there you have the terms in descending order
hope that helps

Answer 3

Tiempo=time
El tiempo medioevo = medieval times

vez=instance
Una vez, yo comi un hotdog = one time I ate a hot dog.

hora=hour
Que hora es? = what time is it?

rato=period of time.
Dormi por un rato = I slept for a while.

Answer 4

TIEMPO -> time, weather(rarely used...)
ex: llegué a tiempo (I arrived on time)

VEZ -> occasion, time
ex: lo hice una vez (i did it once)

HORA -> hour, time
ex: una hora, dos horas .. (an hour, two hours)
ex: La hora en Venezuela es 5:00am( It's 5:00am in venezuela)

RATO-> a period of time, a moment
ex: cuidaré al bebe por un rato (will take care of the baby for a while)
ex: estuve conversando con el un buen rato (I was talking with him for a long moment)

Hope this helped...

Greetings from Peru

Answer 5

tiempo = time (like.. the time on the clock) and weather
vez = time (like.. how many times u did something, or how many times u went somewhere, etc..)
hora = hour (like.. on the clock)
and rato = while (regreso en un rato = be back in a while)

Answer 6

tiempo=the time as in hours and minutes
vez=as in lets do this another time
hora=literally hour
rato=in a little bit

Answer 7

tiempo= could mean time or weather
vez= moment in time
hora= hour
rato= short period of time

hope i helped :)

Answer 8

tiempo is time
vez is see
hora is time
rato is later