Approximating quantities with "venir a"
To express that an amount or action "comes to roughly," "ends up," or "amounts to," use the conjugated verb venir followed by a and an infinitive.
| to amount to / come to (approximately) | venir a |
| The annual maintenance of the aquarium comes to roughly two million dollars. | El mantenimiento anual del acuario viene a costar dos millones de dólares. |
| I'll explain it to you again: the large tank ends up needing five hundred liters. | Se lo vuelvo a explicar: el tanque grande viene a necesitar quinientos litros. |
| Each shark in the aquarium ends up eating roughly fifty fish per week. | Cada tiburón del acuario viene a comer cincuenta peces por semana. |
| The shark tank loses roughly twenty liters of water a day. | El tanque de los tiburones viene a perder veinte litros de agua al día. |
You can also use it with the verb ser (to be) to summarize a situation or draw a conclusion about what something ultimately amounts to.
| Protecting the coral and the fish comes out to be an expensive maintenance. | Proteger el coral y los peces viene a ser un mantenimiento caro. |
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