How to Say ‘Forty-five pesos’ in Mexican Spanish
Cuarenta y cinco pesos
kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh PEH-sohs
[kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh PEH-sohs]
💬 Usage Tip: The c before e or i sounds like an s: (kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh). It's never a th sound in Mexico.
Phrase Breakdown
Cuarenta y cinco
kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh
Forty-five
Say it smoothly as cua-REN-tai-CIN-co, merging 'a' and 'y'. In Mexico 'c' before 'i' sounds like 's'.
Tengo cuarenta y cinco años.
I'm forty-five years old.
Words in this phrase
Cuarenta
[kwah-REN-tah]
forty
The number 40.
Cuesta cuarenta pesos.
It costs forty pesos.
y
[ee]
and
A conjunction used to join words or ideas.
«Y» conecta «trabajo» y «vida personal».
“Y” connects “work” and “personal life.”
cinco
[SEEN-koh]
five
The number after four.
Cinco días son una semana productiva.
Five days make a productive week.
pesos
[PEH-sohs]
pesos
Mexico's currency; plural of 'peso'.
El viaje cuesta doscientos pesos.
The ride costs two hundred pesos.
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