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How to Say ‘I'll call you back in five minutes.’ in Italian

La richiamo tra cinque minuti.

lah ree-KYAH-moh trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-tee

[lah ree-KYAH-moh trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-tee]

Phrase Breakdown

La richiamo

lah ree-KYAH-moh

I'll call you back

'La' is the formal 'you' (Lei form). 'Chi' sounds like 'kee': ree-KYAH-moh. The stress is on 'chia'.

Example

La richiamo più tardi.

I'll call you back later.

Words in this phrase

[lah]

you (formal, object)

Formal direct object pronoun for 'you'.

Example

La ringrazio molto.

I thank you very much.

richiamo

[ree-KYAH-moh]

I call back

First person of richiamare.

Example

Ti richiamo stasera.

I'll call you back tonight.

tra cinque minuti.

trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-tee

in five minutes

Time from now. Say it as one flowing group: trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-tee.

Example

Il treno parte tra cinque minuti.

The train leaves in five minutes.

Words in this phrase

tra

[trah]

in (time)

With time expressions, 'tra' means 'in' or 'within' a future amount of time.

Example

Tra dieci minuti parto.

I'm leaving in ten minutes.

cinque

[CHEEN-kweh]

Five

The number that comes after four and before six.

Example

Ci sono cinque sedie nella stanza.

There are five chairs in the room.

minuti

[mee-NOO-tee]

minutes

Units of time equal to 60 seconds.

Example

Due minuti.

Two minutes.

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