How to Say ‘About a hundred metres away’ in Spain Spanish
A unos cien metros
ah OO-nohs THYEN MEH-trohs
[ah OO-nohs THYEN MEH-trohs]
Phrase Breakdown
A unos
ah OO-nohs
About / at around
'A' shows distance and 'unos' means approximately. Blend them together: a-U-nos.
Está a unos minutos.
It's about a few minutes away.
Words in this phrase
A
[ah]
at (a distance)
Marks distance from a place.
Está a dos kilómetros.
It's two kilometres away.
unos
[OO-nohs]
about; some
Masculine plural indefinite article; before numbers it means 'approximately'.
Hay unos veinte coches.
There are about twenty cars.
cien metros
THYEN MEH-trohs
a hundred metres
'Cien' is 100. In Spain, the 'c' sounds like 'th': THIEN.
La playa está a cien metros.
The beach is a hundred metres away.
Words in this phrase
cien
[THYEN]
one hundred
The number 100; becomes 'ciento' in numbers like 101.
Hay cien personas aquí.
There are a hundred people here.
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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