How to Say ‘About fifty metres away’ in Spain Spanish
A unos cincuenta metros
ah OO-nohs theen-KWEN-tah MEH-trohs
[ah OO-nohs theen-KWEN-tah MEH-trohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Spanish uses a to say how far away something is: a dos minutos "two minutes away". unos before a number means "about".
Phrase Breakdown
A unos cincuenta
ah OO-nohs theen-KWEN-tah
About fifty
'Unos' before a number means 'about' or 'roughly'. Link 'a unos' smoothly into 'aunos'. In Spain, 'cinc-' sounds like 'thinc-', with the 'c' like the English 'th'.
Tengo unos cincuenta euros.
I have about fifty euros.
Words in this phrase
A
[ah]
At
Used to indicate a specific time or instance.
Nos vemos a las cinco.
See you 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.
cincuenta
[theen-KWEN-tah]
fifty
The number 50.
Son cincuenta céntimos.
It's fifty cents.
metros
[MEH-trohs]
metres
Plural of 'metro', the basic unit of length.
La piscina tiene diez metros.
The pool is ten metres long.
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