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"It's quarter to five." in Italian is

Sono le cinque meno un quarto.



Definitions

Analysis
sono
     1. v. first-person singular present of essere; (I) [[am]], [[I'm]].
     2. v. third-person plural present of essere; (they) [[are]], [[they're]].
     3. n. alternative form of suono
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
Le
     1. pron. (formal) alternative case form of le (you)
           nel ringraziarla per la sua risposta, Le porgo i miei distinti saluti
     2. art. the
     3. pron. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)
           Le ho viste. - I saw them.
cinque
     1. num. (cln, it, cardinal numbers) five
     2. adj. five
     3. n. five.
     4. n. (following the article le) five o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)
           Sono le cinque. - It's five o'clock.
meno
     1. adv. less
     2. adv. not; non-
           Se l'abbia scritto o meno rimarrà sempre un segreto. - Whether he wrote it or not will always remain a secret.
           legalità o meno - legality or non-legality
     3. adv. (mathematics) minus
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
quarto
     1. adj. fourth
     2. n-m. fourth (the one in fourth position)
     3. n. fraction; part of a town, fraction