Hi friends!
Jim and May here from Spanish and Go, your resource for learning real world travel Spanish.
In this video we’re gonna teach you how to go shopping in Spanish.
And be sure you stick around until the end because we’re gonna go over some
important phrases so you don’t get stuck in any sort of awkward situations.
¡Let’s get started!
In this episode you’ll learn the following:
How to ask if you can try something on,
The most important phrases for making a purchase, and
How to handle confusing situations.
Keep in mind that the conversations you’ll hear are all in Spanish, don’t worry if
there’s something you don’t understand, there’s a break down section in English
after each of the conversations, where we go over the most important words and phrases.
In this example you’re gonna learn how to ask if you can try something on and phrases
you can use afterwards.
Hi, good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Excuse me...
Yes?…
Do you have this blouse in a medium?
Let me check...
... only large.
It’s only in large, right? This one is also large.
That one too?
Yeah… well...
Try it on if you want.
Yeah? Can I try it on?
Yeah.
Ok, I’ll try the large one on then..
Ok.
Where do you have fitting rooms?
Over here, go ahead.
I’ll follow you.
Over there towards the back.
Ok, thanks.
You’re welcome.
When you go into a store just to look around and the clerk asks if he or she can help you
find something you can say “Sólo estoy viendo, gracias.”
This is a great phrase to use when you just want to browse the store without the pressure
of the clerk following you around.
It means “I’m just looking, thanks.”
“¿Tiene esta blusa en talla mediana?”
“Do you have this blouse in a medium?”
Say “¿Tienes esta blusa en talla mediana? for the informal “you”.
Other sizes you can use are “chica”: small, “grande”: large, or “extra grande”: extra large.
Say “¿Tiene éste en talla mediana?” for masculine nouns, such as “abrigo”: coat.
“Pruébatela si quieres.”
Means “Try it on if you want.”
“¿Me la puedo probar?”
“Can I try it on?” say “¿Me lo puedo probar?” for masculine nouns such as a dress: “vestido”.
When you are referring to a plural noun say “¿Me las puedo probar?” for feminine
plural nouns, such as “pulseras”: bracelets, or “¿Me los puedo probar?” for masculine
plural nouns, like “zapatos”: shoes.
“¿En dónde tiene probadores?”
means “Where do you have fitting rooms?”
Say “¿En dónde tienes probadores?” for the informal “you.”
“Ahí al fondo” “Over there towards the back.”
If what you tried on fits and you want to buy it, you can say “Lo voy a comprar”
for masculine nouns, such as a dress: “un vestido”, or you can say “La voy a comprar”
for feminine nouns such as a skirt: “una falda.”
If you don’t like it, you can say “No me gusta.” “I don’t like it.”, or you
can say “No me gusta cómo se me ve.” “I don’t like how it looks on me.”
If you want to keep looking, you can say “Voy a seguir buscando, gracias.” “I’m gonna
keep looking, thanks.”
In this conversation you’ll hear the most important phrases for making a purchase from
start to finish.
Excuse me, I’m looking for dresses like this one, but for a one or two years old girl.
This one is for a one year old… and this one.
What color do you want it? Whichever?
I want… to see if you have two of the same.
In white or like the beige one, or… just that they are both the same.
These ones are the same...
Let’s see... there’s two green ones…
...but...
this one is smaller…
Or let me see if there are some more of other colors.
Ok.
I have it in white and green.
How much are these?
One hundred eighty.
How pretty!
I think…
I’ll take the white ones, thanks.
Do you want me to tke off the price tag, or not?
Yes, please.
Do you take cards or only cash?
No, only cash.
Only cash.
I’d be $360, please.
Here you go.
That’s fine.
Thanks!
Yeah, you’re welcome.
“Estoy buscando…” means “I’m looking for…”
This is a very useful phrase you can use no matter what it is that you are looking for:
flip-flops, backpacks, wallets, or even tomatoes.
Another thing you could ask would be “¿Vende …?” like “¿Vende vestidos?”, or “¿Vende
carteras?” which means “Do you sell dresses?”
“Do you sell wallets?” respectively.
“¿En qué color lo quiere? ¿Del que sea?”
“What color do you want it? Whichever?”
“¿Qué precio tienen éstos?”
“How much are these?”
change “éstos” for “éstas” for feminine plural nouns and say “¿Qué precio tienen estas?”
“Me voy a llevar los blancos.”
“I’ll take the white ones.”
For a shortened version of this phrase say “Me llevo ésta.”
“I’ll take this one.” for singular feminine nouns.
“Me llevo éste.” “I’ll take this one.” for singular masculine nouns.
Add an “s” to the end for plural nouns.
“¿Acepta tarjetas o nada más efectivo?”
“Do you take cards or only cash?”
Say “¿Aceptas tarjetas o nada más efectivo?” for the informal “you”.
“Aquí tiene.” “Here you go.”
Say “Aquí tienes.” for the informal “you”.
This phrase can be used for anything you’re handing the other person while paying for something.
“Así está bien” means “That’s fine.”
In this case the store clerk didn’t have enough change for the $500, so she gave us
$150 pesos instead of $140 pesos for change.
We wanted to go over some common confusing situations in this next section.
I know when I was first learning Spanish a few of these tripped me up, so I wanted to
make sure that we included them so you don’t get mixed up in the same situation.
And the first one we have is: “¿Gustas redondear?” which means, “Would you like
to round up your total?”
Now this is something that they may ask you at a bigger grocery store like Soriana or Walmart.
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Bless you...
You can say “no” if you don’t want to, but if you don’t wanna carry around a bunch
of change you can say “yes” too.
The next one is: “¿Tienes un billete más chico?”
“Do you have a smaller bill?”
You’ll hear this often if you have a bill that’s $200 pesos or $500 pesos.
A lot of smaller stores don’t carry change, and if they don’t have change, or you don’t
have change, they’ll take your bill and take it to another store and change it.
Don’t worry they’ll come back.
They’re just getting change for you.
So the next one is: “No manejo …” which means “I don’t carry…”
For example, when we were doing this video, and I was going around looking for the dresses
for kids, someone told me this at a store “No manejo ropa de niños.” which means
“I don’t carry clothes for children.”
So if someone says that to you, you can just keep looking at a different store.
And remember, for any other situation where you may get stuck, you can always say
“No entiendo.”
“I don’t understand.”
or “¿Me lo puedes repetir, por favor?”
= “Would you repeat that, please?”
Those are key phrases when you wanna get yourself out of a confusing situation.
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