How to Say ‘It is five kilometers away.’ in Mexican Spanish
Está a cinco kilómetros.
eh-STAH ah seen-koh kee-LOH-meh-trohs
[eh-STAH ah seen-koh kee-LOH-meh-trohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Distance away uses estar a plus the amount, where English says "away" at the end. Another example: Está a diez minutos "It's ten minutes away".
Phrase Breakdown
Está
[eh-STAH]
it is
Refers to the current state of something.
Está cañón conseguir entradas.
It's hard to get tickets.
a cinco kilómetros.
ah seen-koh kee-LOH-meh-trohs
five kilometers away.
'A' + distance means 'away'. 'Kilómetros' is stressed on 'LO': 'kee-LOH-meh-tros'.
El pueblo está a diez kilómetros.
The town is ten kilometers away.
Words in this phrase
a
[ah]
at
A preposition used when giving times, meaning at.
A las 2:00 salgo de la oficina.
At 2:00 I leave the office.
cinco
[seen-koh]
Five
The number five, following four.
Necesito cinco manzanas.
I need five apples.
kilómetros
[kee-LOH-meh-trohs]
kilometers
Plural of 'kilómetro', 1,000 meters; used for distances.
Corrí diez kilómetros.
I ran ten kilometers.
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