How to Say ‘It's a hundred and twenty pesos’ in Mexican Spanish
Son ciento veinte pesos
sohn SYEHN-toh BAYN-teh PEH-sohs
[sohn SYEHN-toh BAYN-teh PEH-sohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Prices take son because there's more than one peso. One hundred on its own is cien, but it becomes ciento when another number follows: ciento veinte.
Phrase Breakdown
Son ciento veinte
sohn SYEHN-toh BAYN-teh
It's one hundred twenty
'Son' (they are) is used for prices. In Mexico 'ciento' sounds like 'SYEN-to', and 'veinte' sounds like 'BEIN-te'.
Son ciento veinte en total.
It's one hundred twenty in total.
Words in this phrase
Son
[sohn]
they are / it is
"Son" is a form of the verb "ser". In reservations, it is used to state a quantity, like saying how many guests there are.
En la reservación, Son cuatro para la cena.
For the reservation, there are four for dinner.
ciento
[SYEHN-toh]
one hundred
Form of 100 used before other numbers.
Son ciento veinte pesos.
It's one hundred twenty pesos.
veinte
[BAYN-teh]
twenty
The number 20.
Hay veinte alumnos en la clase.
There are twenty students in the class.
pesos
[PEH-sohs]
pesos
Mexico's currency.
Cuesta cincuenta pesos.
It costs fifty pesos.
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