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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
   

 En français

• Les achats et courses
   

 In italiano

• La spesa ed acquisti
   

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