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Mira, no tengo tiempo ahora.

Mira, no tengo tiempo ahora.
Look, I don't have time now.
From Lesson 83:Reacting (¡vaya!, ¡qué va!, por supuesto)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Mira, no tengo tiempo ahora.

no
no / not
ahora
now
tener
to have
el tiempo
the time
mirar
to look

Questions & Answers about Mira, no tengo tiempo ahora.

Why is it mira here instead of miras?
Mira is an informal command. You are telling the other person 'Look!'. It is the command form for tú, which drops the final 's' from the normal present tense miras. It is used a lot in Spanish exactly like we use 'Look...' in English to get someone's attention before making a point.
Why don't we need an article here, like no tengo el tiempo?
When you talk about having or not having a general, unspecified amount of something uncountable like time, money, or water, Spanish drops the article. Saying no tengo tiempo is the most natural way to express 'I don't have time'.
I learned that tiempo means weather. How do I know it means time here?
Tiempo translates to both 'time' and 'weather'. You just have to rely on context. The phrase tener tiempo is a very common set expression for 'to have time'. If you wanted to talk about the weather, you would normally use the verb hacer, like in the question ¿Qué tiempo hace? (What is the weather like?).
Could I put ahora at the beginning of the phrase instead?
Yes, absolutely! Spanish word order is quite flexible with time adverbs like ahora. Saying Mira, ahora no tengo tiempo is completely natural and means the exact same thing.

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