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How to Say ‘Your waist measures eighty-four centimeters.’ in Mexican Spanish

Su cintura mide ochenta y cuatro centímetros.

soo seen-TOO-rah MEE-deh oh-CHEN-tah ee KWA-troh sehn-TEE-meh-tros

[soo seen-TOO-rah MEE-deh oh-CHEN-tah ee KWA-troh sehn-TEE-meh-tros]

💬 Usage Tip: Spanish often states body measurements with the body part as the subject: [Su cintura mide...], [Su pecho mide...]. Once you know the pattern, you can swap in other body parts easily.

Phrase Breakdown

Su cintura mide

soo seen-TOO-rah MEE-deh

Your waist measures / is

Used to state the measurement of the waist.

Example

Su cintura mide setenta centímetros.

Your waist measures seventy centimeters.

Words in this phrase

Su

[soo]

your

A formal possessive word meaning “your.”

Example

Su cintura debe medirse con cuidado.

Your waist should be measured carefully.

cintura

[seen-TOO-rah]

waist

The narrow middle area of the body.

Example

La cintura es una medida del cuerpo.

The waist is a body measurement.

mide

[MEE-deh]

measures

Used to give the size or length of something.

Example

Su brazo mide treinta y dos centímetros.

Your arm measures thirty-two centimeters.

Ochenta y cuatro centímetros.

oh-CHEN-tah ee KWA-troh sehn-TEE-meh-tros

Eighty-four centimeters.

A length measurement commonly used for body size.

Example

La cintura mide ochenta y cuatro centímetros.

The waist measures eighty-four centimeters.

Words in this phrase

ochenta

[oh-CHEN-tah]

eighty

The number 80.

Example

Ochenta es parte de la medida de la cintura.

Eighty is part of the waist measurement.

y

[ee]

and

Connects numbers in Spanish.

Example

Ochenta y cuatro centímetros suena exacto.

Eighty-four centimeters sounds exact.

cuatro

[KWA-troh]

four

The number 4.

Example

Cuatro completa el número ochenta y cuatro.

Four completes the number eighty-four.

centímetros

[sehn-TEE-meh-tros]

centimeters

Metric units commonly used in medical and clothing measurements.

Example

Los centímetros ayudan a registrar la medida exacta.

Centimeters help record the exact measurement.

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