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gmt

GMT

noun heh-eh-meh-TEH Rare

Origin: abbreviation of Greenwich Mean Time, from Greenwich, London

Also means

Greenwich Mean Time

Usage Note

GMT is used in Spanish as an invariable abbreviation, pronounced letter by letter as ge-eme-te. Spanish speakers more often use UTC in technical contexts, but GMT remains common in everyday speech and journalism when discussing international time zones: las 15:00 horas GMT. Unlike most Spanish nouns, it has no grammatical gender in practice.

Examples

"El partido comienza a las 20:00 GMT."

Natural Translation

The match starts at 20:00 GMT.

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