cinco

/ˈθinko/, [ˈθĩŋ.ko]

five


Examples
  • Él agrupó sus libros en cinco categorías.

    He grouped his books into five categories.

  • Si alguien me llama mientras no estoy, dile que volveré a las cinco.

    If anyone calls me up while I'm away, tell them I'll be back by five.

  • Estará de vuelta a las cinco.

    She will be back at five.

  • Sólo tengo cinco mil yenes.

    I have only five thousand yen.

  • El año pasado Tom pasó cinco días en la cárcel, después de haberse declarado culpable de conducir borracho.

    Last year Tom spent five days in jail, after having pleaded guilty to drunken driving.

  • Mañana voy a arrojar una sandía desde el techo de un edificio de cinco pisos porque sí.

    Tomorrow I'm going to throw a watermelon off the roof of a five-story building just for the hell of it.

  • El avión sale a las cinco y media de la tarde.

    The plane departs at 5:30 PM.

  • De las cinco esposas que tuvo él, tres fueron desleales.

    Of the five wives he had, three were unfaithful.

  • Mi departamento está a cinco minutos de la estación.

    My apartment is located within five minutes' walk of the station.

  • "Manzana" es un sustantivo contable, así que gramaticalmente tiene sentido el tener cinco manzanas.

    "Apple" is a countable noun, so it makes grammatical sense to have five apples.

  • Es la una y cuarenta y cinco.

    It's one forty-five.

  • Él corrió cinco millas.

    He ran five miles.

  • Por favor, espere cinco minutos.

    Wait five minutes, please.

  • Mi padre tiene cinco hermanos.

    My father has five siblings.

  • El juez le condenó a cinco años de prisión.

    The judge sentenced him to a jail term of five years.

  • Hay cinco tragedias en la vida de un hombre. Desafortunadamente, no sé cuáles son.

    There are five tragedies in a man's life. Unfortunately, I don't know which ones they are.

  • Él se fue a París, donde vivió durante cinco años.

    He went to Paris, where he lived for five years.

  • Quería cinco ananás.

    I wanted five pineapples.

  • Él memorizó ese poema cuando tenía cinco años.

    He memorized that poem when he was five years old.

  • La reunión empezó a las cinco de la tarde.

    The meeting began at five in the afternoon.


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