"Los minutos y segundos del día"

Translation: The minutes and seconds of the day

[mitcorb]

I find that Spanish in this arena is unpredictable with regard to when to be very literal and when to be interpretive. My policy is to be very literal--and be corrected. I then go back and practice prior lessons and sort of remember those nuances, hoping that in the long run, it sticks with me.

[sun277]

I think "and the seconds" should be acceptable

[ChileJam]

It would mean the same thing, in English, however they didn't say "los segundos". Tiny difference.

[sxgrant]

Can someone clarify for me: Is "dia" masculine? I thought it was feminine as it ends in "a", hence "del" wouldn't be appropriate.

[nomini]

it should be feminine but it's an exception! just like mano ends with o so it should be masculine but it's la mano...

[Old_Man_Silencer]

To my understanding it is just an irregular noun and is masculine because of it's origin from Latin 'die', which if my memory serves, is masculine and that property maintained.