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Compras y recados
Once you learn the Spanish names for shops and businesses, you just need to know what to say when faced with all that merchandise! Be sure to greet the store clerk, then take a look at these useful phrases related to shopping in Spanish. Click the links for verb conjugations.
Useful Spanish shopping verbs
| buscar | to look for | |
| comprar | to buy | |
| devolver | to return (an item) | |
| encontrar | to find | |
| gastar | to spend | |
| probarse | to try on | |
| querer | to want | |
| tener | to have | |
| vender | to sell |
Let’s go shopping!
| For necessities | |||
| hacer la compra | to go food shopping | ||
| hacer unos recados | to run errands | ||
| For fun | |||
| ir de compras | to go shopping | ||
| For free | |||
| mirar escaparates mirar vitrinas | to window shop | ||
What the clerk might say …
| ¿Le puedo ayudar? | May I help you? | |
| ¿Qué está buscando? | What are you looking for? | |
| ¿Cuál es su talla? | What’s your size? | |
| ¿Es un regalo? | Is it a gift? |
What you might respond …
| Estoy buscando … | I’m looking for … | |
| ¿Tiene … ? | Do you have …? | |
| ¿Cuánto vale / es … ? | How much does … cost? | |
| Es … demasiado grande demasiado pequeño perfecto | It’s … too big too small perfect | |
| Sólo estoy mirando, gracias. | I’m just looking, thanks. |
Miscellanous Spanish shopping terms
| una bolsa | bag | |
| un carro | shopping cart | |
| una muestra | sample, tester | |
| ventas | sales | |
| caro | expensive | |
| económico | inexpensive | |
| barata | cheap |
En la caja – At the register
| pagar | en efectivo | to pay | cash | |
| con una tarjeta | with a credit card | |||
| con cheques de viaje | with traveler’s checks | |||
| el cambio | change (back from what you paid) | |||
| el recibo | receipt | |||
Related lessons
- Accessories and jewelry
- Clothes shopping
- Colors
- Descriptions
- Numbers
- Parts of the body
- Shops and businesses
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