How to Say ‘It's about five minutes walking’ in Mexican Spanish
Está como a cinco minutos caminando
eh-STAH KOH-moh ah SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tohs kah-mee-NAHN-doh
[eh-STAH KOH-moh ah SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tohs kah-mee-NAHN-doh]
💬 Usage Tip: [Como a cinco minutos] means "about five minutes," with [como] softening the number. [Caminando] adds how: literally "walking," as in "five minutes on foot."
Phrase Breakdown
Está
[eh-STAH]
is it / it is
From estar; here it describes location or estimated distance.
Está cerca del museo.
It is near the museum.
Como a cinco minutos
KOH-moh ah SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tohs
about five minutes
Expresses an approximate amount of time.
Está como a diez minutos.
It's about ten minutes away.
Words in this phrase
como
[KOH-moh]
about / approximately
Here it softens the estimate and means approximately.
Queda como a veinte minutos en coche.
It is about twenty minutes away by car.
a
[ah]
at / to
Used in expressions of distance or time approximation.
Estamos a cinco minutos del centro.
We are five minutes from downtown.
cinco
[SEEN-koh]
five
The number five.
Solo faltan cinco estaciones.
Only five stops remain.
minutos
[mee-NOO-tohs]
minutes
Units of time used to estimate duration or distance.
En diez minutos llegamos.
We arrive in ten minutes.
caminando
[kah-mee-NAHN-doh]
walking / on foot
Indicates that the time estimate is for going on foot.
La escuela está cerca; podemos ir caminando.
The school is close; we can go walking.
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