How to Say ‘It's twenty thousand pesos a month.’ in Mexican Spanish
Son veinte mil pesos al mes.
son BAYN-teh meel PEH-sohs ahl mehs
[son BAYN-teh meel PEH-sohs ahl mehs]
💬 Usage Tip: Spanish says son "they are" because the pesos are plural, while English says "it's." The same goes for time: son las tres "it's three o'clock".
Phrase Breakdown
Son veinte mil
son BAYN-teh meel
It's twenty thousand
'Son' (they are) is used because the amount is plural. Say it as son BAIN-te mil.
Son veinte mil en total.
It's twenty thousand in total.
Words in this phrase
Son
[son]
are
Third person plural present form of 'to be'.
Ellos son simpáticos.
They are nice.
veinte
[BAYN-teh]
twenty
The number 20.
Hay veinte alumnos en la clase.
There are twenty students in the class.
mil
[meel]
thousand
The number 1,000; used after other numbers to multiply.
Tengo cinco mil pesos.
I have five thousand pesos.
pesos al mes.
PEH-sohs ahl mehs
pesos a month.
'Al mes' means 'per month'. 'Al' is 'a' + 'el'. Link the words: PE-sos al MES.
Gano diez mil pesos al mes.
I earn ten thousand pesos a month.
Words in this phrase
pesos
[PEH-sohs]
pesos
Mexico's currency; plural of 'peso'.
El viaje cuesta doscientos pesos.
The ride costs two hundred pesos.
al
[ahl]
per (the)
Contraction of 'a + el'; with time periods it means 'per'.
Gano diez mil al mes.
I earn ten thousand per month.
mes
[mehs]
month
Masculine noun for a period of about thirty days.
El próximo mes voy a Oaxaca.
Next month I'm going to Oaxaca.
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