El remojo termina en diez minutos.

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.

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.

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.

Here, en diez minutos means in ten minutes (from now).

So the idea is:

• right now, the soaking is still happening
• ten minutes from now, it will end

This is different from saying how long something lasts.

No. In this sentence, en diez minutos means in ten minutes, not for ten minutes.

Important contrast:

• Termina en diez minutos = it ends in ten minutes / ten minutes from now
• Dura diez minutos = it lasts for ten minutes

If you want to talk about duration, Spanish usually uses:

• durar
• or sometimes expressions like durante diez minutos

So:

• El remojo dura diez minutos. = The soaking lasts ten minutes.
• El remojo termina en diez minutos. = The soaking ends in ten minutes.

Yes. Both are possible, depending on the context.

• The soaking ends in ten minutes sounds very natural.
• The soaking finishes in ten minutes is also understandable.

In English, ends often sounds a bit more natural for a process or stage like remojo.

Yes, El remojo se termina en diez minutos is possible, but El remojo termina en diez minutos is simpler and more direct.

Very roughly:

• termina = ends
• se termina = comes to an end / gets finished

In many contexts, both work, but the version without se is very natural here.

Yes, it is a normal and useful word, especially in practical contexts such as cooking and cleaning.

For example:

• El remojo de los frijoles
• Deja la ropa en remojo

A very common related expression is:

• dejar en remojo = to leave soaking

So a learner will definitely benefit from knowing remojo.

Because Spanish uses en for this idea of in X amount of time from now.

So:

• en diez minutos = in ten minutes

Other options mean something different or sound wrong here:

• a diez minutos usually does not express time-until-completion in this kind of sentence
• por diez minutos usually suggests duration in some contexts, and it would not be the natural choice here

The natural choice is:

• termina en diez minutos

Yes. Dentro de diez minutos is very close in meaning to en diez minutos here.

Both can mean:

• in ten minutes
• ten minutes from now

So these are both natural:

• El remojo termina en diez minutos.
• El remojo termina dentro de diez minutos.

The first one is shorter and very common.

It is pronounced approximately like:

reh-MOH-hoh

A few notes:

• r in remojo is a soft Spanish r, not the strong rolled rr
• j in remojo is like a strong h sound in Spanish
• the stress is on mo: re-MO-jo

So:

• re
  • MO
    • jo

It is neutral. It works well in everyday speech and in more practical or instructional contexts too.

For example, you could hear or read something similar:

• in a kitchen
• in instructions
• in a conversation about preparing food
• in a cleaning context

It is not especially formal or especially casual. It is just standard Spanish.