How to Say ‘It's five ten.’ in Mexican Spanish
Son las cinco y diez.
sohn lahs SEEN-koh ee DYehs
[sohn lahs SEEN-koh ee DYehs]
💬 Usage Tip: Minutes past the hour go after y: Son las cinco y veinte "It's five twenty."
Phrase Breakdown
Son las cinco
sohn lahs SEEN-koh
It's five o'clock
In Mexico 'cinco' sounds like 'SEEN-koh', with the 'c' said as an 's'.
Son las cinco de la tarde.
It's five in the afternoon.
Words in this phrase
Son
[sohn]
it is / they are
Used to state a price, especially with plural pesos amounts.
El taxista respondió «Son» trescientos, pero me pareció mucho.
The taxi driver replied "it is" three hundred, but it seemed like a lot to me.
las
[lahs]
the (plural feminine, used with hours)
In time expressions, “las” is used because “hora” is feminine and plural is implied: “a las 3,” “a las 11.”
Quedamos a las 11 para revisar pendientes.
We’ll meet at 11 to review pending items.
cinco
[SEEN-koh]
Five
The number after four and before six.
Cinco minutos más y llegaremos.
Five more minutes and we'll arrive.
y diez.
ee DYehs
and ten (ten past)
'Y diez' adds ten minutes. Say it as one unit, 'ee-DYES'.
El camión pasa a las ocho y diez.
The bus comes at ten past eight.
Words in this phrase
y
[ee]
and
A conjunction used to join words or ideas.
«Y» conecta «trabajo» y «vida personal».
“Y” connects “work” and “personal life.”
diez
[DYehs]
Ten
The number equivalent to the product of five and two.
Tengo diez manzanas.
I have ten apples.
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