El remojo termina en diez minutos.

The soaking stage finishes in ten minutes.

Breakdown of El remojo termina en diez minutos.

• terminar: to finish
• en: in, at
• el minuto: the minute
• diez: ten

Questions & Answers about El remojo termina en diez minutos.

What does remojo mean in this sentence?

Remojo is a noun that comes from remojar (to soak).

In this sentence, el remojo means the soaking or the soaking process/stage.

This word is common in contexts like:

• cooking: soaking beans, rice, dried chiles, etc.
• cleaning: soaking clothes or dishes
• any process where something stays in liquid for a while

So El remojo termina en diez minutos means that the soaking stage will be over in ten minutes.

Why is there el before remojo?

Spanish often uses the definite article el / la / los / las where English might not use the.

Here, el remojo refers to a specific soaking process that both speakers understand.

Compare:

• El remojo termina en diez minutos. = The soaking ends in ten minutes.
• English might sometimes just say Soaking ends in ten minutes, but Spanish usually sounds more natural with el here.

Why is it termina and not terminará?

Termina is present tense, but in Spanish the present is very often used to talk about the near future, especially when the timing is clear.

Because the sentence already says en diez minutos, Spanish does not need the future tense to show future meaning.

So these can be similar:

• El remojo termina en diez minutos.
• El remojo terminará en diez minutos.

The first one often sounds more natural in everyday speech.