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How to Say ‘In five minutes’ in Italian

Tra cinque minuti

trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-tee

[trah CHEEN-kweh mee-NOO-tee]

💬 Usage Tip: tra means "in" only for time from now. For time already passed, use fa after the number: cinque minuti fa "five minutes ago".

Phrase Breakdown

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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