How to Say ‘About twenty people’ in Mexican Spanish
Unas veinte personas
OO-nahs BAYN-teh pehr-SO-nas
[OO-nahs BAYN-teh pehr-SO-nas]
💬 Usage Tip: Putting unos or unas before a number makes it approximate. Swap it in anywhere: unos diez minutos "about ten minutes".
Phrase Breakdown
Unas
[OO-nahs]
about / around
Before a number, it means approximately.
Llegaron unas diez personas.
About ten people arrived.
veinte
[BAYN-teh]
twenty
The number 20.
Hay veinte alumnos en la clase.
There are twenty students in the class.
personas
[pehr-SO-nas]
People
A group of human beings.
'Personas' vienen a la fiesta?
Are 'people' coming to the party?
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