How to Say ‘It's about five minutes away’ in Spain Spanish
Está a unos cinco minutos
eh-STAH ah OO-nohs THEEN-ko mee-NOO-tos
[eh-STAH ah OO-nohs THEEN-ko mee-NOO-tos]
💬 Usage Tip: Distance uses está a plus the amount: está a dos kilómetros "it's two kilometres away". unos here means "about", not "some".
Phrase Breakdown
Está a unos
eh-STAH ah OO-nohs
It's about …
'Estar a' expresses distance. 'Unos' means 'about' or 'roughly'. Blend the vowels: 'es-TAH-OO-nos'.
Está a unos diez metros.
It's about ten metres away.
Words in this phrase
Está
[eh-STAH]
it is
Used to describe where something is in relation to the speaker.
Está justo detrás de la estación.
It is right behind the station.
a
[ah]
at
Used to indicate a specific location or point in time.
Nos vemos a las cinco.
We’ll meet at five.
unos
[OO-nohs]
about / some
Used before a number to mean approximately.
En unos quince minutos termina el trayecto.
In about fifteen minutes the ride ends.
cinco minutos
THEEN-ko mee-NOO-tos
five minutes
In Spain 'cinco' sounds like 'THEEN-koh'. Stress 'mee-NOO-tos'.
Vuelvo en cinco minutos.
I'll be back in five minutes.
Words in this phrase
cinco
[THEEN-ko]
five
Numeral represented by 5.
Trabajo cinco días a la semana.
I work five days a week.
minutos
[mee-NOO-tos]
minutes
Plural of 'minuto', a unit of time.
En diez minutos llegamos.
We arrive in ten minutes.
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