Minuto: duration and future intervals

Minuto names a unit of time used for duration or a short interval.

The idea

Minuto is masculine: un minuto is singular and treinta minutos is plural.

El tren sale dentro de cinco minutos.The train leaves in five minutes.
La reunión dura treinta minutos.The meeting lasts thirty minutes.
Espera un minuto, por favor.Wait a minute, please.
Llegamos diez minutos antes de la cita.We arrive ten minutes before the appointment.
El reloj marca las tres y veinte minutos.The clock shows twenty past three.
Ella lee durante quince minutos.She reads for fifteen minutes.

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Dentro de cinco minutos points to a future time; durante quince minutos describes duration.

Choose the article: Espera ___ minuto. (un / una)
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un
Un agrees with the masculine singular noun minuto.
Choose the plural: La reunión dura treinta ___. (minutos / minuto)
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minutos
Treinta requires the plural minutos ending in s.
Choose the phrase for a future point after an interval: El tren sale cinco minutos después de ahora: sale ___ cinco minutos. (dentro de / durante)
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dentro de
Dentro de indicates a point five minutes from now; durante indicates duration.

Ask someone to wait a minute and say when a train leaves.