How to Say ‘It's about five minutes away’ in Mexican Spanish
Está como a cinco minutos
eh-STAH KOH-moh ah SEEN-koh mee-NEW-tohs
[eh-STAH KOH-moh ah SEEN-koh mee-NEW-tohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Here como means "about" or "roughly," not "like" or "how." Distances are given with a: a dos cuadras "two blocks away."
Phrase Breakdown
Está como
eh-STAH KOH-moh
It's about
'Como' here means 'about' or 'approximately', a very Mexican way to estimate. Say 'ehs-TAH KOH-moh'.
Está como a una hora.
It's about an hour away.
Words in this phrase
Está
[eh-STAH]
it is
Refers to the current state of something.
Está cañón conseguir entradas.
It's hard to get tickets.
como
[KOH-moh]
about / around
Before a number, means approximately.
Llego como a las tres.
I'll arrive around three.
a cinco minutos
ah SEEN-koh mee-NEW-tohs
five minutes away
'A' + time expresses distance in time. The 'c' in 'cinco' sounds like 's': 'ah SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tohs'.
La tienda está a cinco minutos.
The store is five minutes away.
Words in this phrase
a
[ah]
at
Used to show a point in time or place.
Nos conocimos a las cinco.
We met at five o'clock.
cinco
[SEEN-koh]
Five
The number after four and before six.
Cinco minutos más y llegaremos.
Five more minutes and we'll arrive.
minutos
[mee-NEW-tohs]
Minutes
A unit of time equal to 60 seconds.
Tomará unos minutos más llegar.
It will take a few more minutes to arrive.
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