English · Word pair Candidate A1

have time

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

be available to do something

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

có thời gian để làm một việc nào đó

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: possess a quantity of time

Examples

I think I still have time for another cup of coffee.Tôi nghĩ là tôi vẫn còn thời gian cho một ly cà phê nữa.

Finally, I have time to reply to the mail that I have received these past three weeks.Cuối cùng tôi có thời gian để trả lời thư mà tôi đã nhận trong 3 tuần qua.

Tatoeba sentence #266762 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)

Sources & notes

Everyday learner phrase (CEFR A1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Topics: Time

Common questions

What does “have time” mean?

be available to do something Literally: possess a quantity of time

Is “have time” formal or informal?

have time is generally neutral.