How to Say ‘No, it's about a five-minute walk.’ in Spain Spanish
No, está a unos cinco minutos andando.
noh eh-STAH ah OO-nohs THEEN-ko mee-NOO-tos ahn-DAHN-doh
[noh eh-STAH ah OO-nohs THEEN-ko mee-NOO-tos ahn-DAHN-doh]
Phrase Breakdown
No, está a unos
noh eh-STAH ah OO-nohs
No, it's about …
Pause briefly after 'No'. Then blend 'está a unos' into one smooth flow.
No, está a unos dos kilómetros.
No, it's about two kilometres away.
Words in this phrase
No
[noh]
no
Used to express a negative statement.
No tengo hambre.
I am not hungry.
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 andando.
THEEN-ko mee-NOO-tos ahn-DAHN-doh
five minutes on foot.
'Andando' (walking) is the gerund of 'andar'. Stress 'an-DAN-doh'. Say 'cinco' as 'THEEN-koh'.
El colegio está a diez minutos andando.
The school is ten minutes' walk away.
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.
andando
[ahn-DAHN-doh]
walking / on foot
Gerund of 'andar' (to walk); used to say how far something is on foot.
Voy al trabajo andando.
I go to work on foot.
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