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How to Say ‘It's forty-five pesos.’ in Mexican Spanish

Son cuarenta y cinco pesos.

son kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh PEH-sohs

[son kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh PEH-sohs]

💬 Usage Tip: Prices take the plural son, because it's "forty-five pesos". A single peso gets es: es un peso.

Phrase Breakdown

Son cuarenta y cinco

son kwah-REN-tah ee SEEN-koh

That's forty-five

'Son' (they are) is used for stating prices in plural. Link 'son' and 'cuarenta' smoothly.

Example

Son cuarenta y cinco minutos.

It's forty-five minutes.

Words in this phrase

Son

[son]

are

Third person plural present form of 'to be'.

Example

Ellos son simpáticos.

They are nice.

cuarenta

[kwah-REN-tah]

forty

The number 40.

Example

Cuesta cuarenta pesos.

It costs forty pesos.

y

[ee]

and

A conjunction used to join words or ideas.

Example

«Y» conecta «trabajo» y «vida personal».

“Y” connects “work” and “personal life.”

cinco

[SEEN-koh]

five

The number after four.

Example

Cinco días son una semana productiva.

Five days make a productive week.

pesos.

PEH-sohs

pesos.

Stress PE-sos, and let your voice drop at the end of the statement.

Example

Son cien pesos.

It's one hundred pesos.

Words in this phrase

pesos

[PEH-sohs]

pesos

Mexico's currency; plural of 'peso'.

Example

El viaje cuesta doscientos pesos.

The ride costs two hundred pesos.

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