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Esa ventanilla está abierta desde las ocho hasta las cinco.

Esa ventanilla está abierta desde las ocho hasta las cinco.
That window is open from eight until five.
From Lesson 120:Since and until (desde, hasta)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Esa ventanilla está abierta desde las ocho hasta las cinco.

Why use desde and hasta instead of just de and a?
Both are correct for telling time! Using de and a (like de ocho a cinco) is very common in everyday speech. Using desde (from/since) and hasta (until/to) puts a little more emphasis on the exact duration, like saying from exactly eight up until five. Notice that with desde and hasta, you must include the article las before the numbers.
What is the difference between a ventana and a ventanilla?
While a ventana is a standard window in a house or building, the suffix -illa makes ventanilla literally mean little window. However, it specifically refers to a customer service window, a ticket counter, or a window in a car or airplane.
Why do we need the word las before the numbers ocho and cinco?
In Spanish, hours of the day are feminine because they secretly refer to the word horas (hours). Since eight and five are plural, we use the feminine plural article las.
Why do we use está instead of es for 'is open'?
We use está (from the verb estar) because being open is a temporary physical state or condition. Since the window opens and closes every day, its state changes. Also, notice that abierta ends in -a to match the feminine noun ventanilla.

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