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How to Say ‘It's only ten minutes’ in Spain Spanish

Solo son diez minutos

SOH-loh sohn DEE-ehz mee-NOO-tos

[SOH-loh sohn DEE-ehz mee-NOO-tos]

💬 Usage Tip: Spanish says "they are only ten minutes": son "are" matches the plural minutos. Likewise son las tres for "it's three o'clock".

Phrase Breakdown

Solo son

SOH-loh sohn

It's only

'Solo' means 'only' and 'son' means 'they are'. Spanish uses the plural verb because 'minutos' is plural. Say SO-lo-son.

Example

Solo son las nueve.

It's only nine o'clock.

Words in this phrase

Solo

[SOH-loh]

only / just

Limits the meaning, like saying merely or just.

Example

Solo con mirarte ya sé que te gusta bromear.

Just by looking at you, I already know you like to joke around.

son

[sohn]

they are

Plural form of ser used for identity or description.

Example

Son muy útiles para estudiar.

They are very useful for studying.

diez minutos

DEE-ehz mee-NOO-tos

ten minutes

In Spain the 'z' in 'diez' sounds like the English 'th' in 'think': DIETH mi-NU-tos.

Example

Espera diez minutos.

Wait ten minutes.

Words in this phrase

diez

[DEE-ehz]

Ten

The number following nine, the tenth number.

Example

Tengo diez dedos.

I have ten fingers.

minutos

[mee-NOO-tos]

minutes

Plural of 'minuto', a unit of time.

Example

En diez minutos llegamos.

We arrive in ten minutes.

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