Vocabulario: Las compras

Objetivos

Recognize vocabulary related to shopping

En la tienda de ropa

Store window

El escaparate (the display case, store window)

Store clerk

El/la empleado/a (clerk, employee), El/la cajero/a (cashier)

Cash

Efectivo

Cash register

La caja

Wallet

La cartera

Dressing room

El probador

Size

La talla (size)

Try on

Probar

Put on

Vestirse (to wear, to put on)

Cost

Costar (to cost)

Measuring tape

Medir (e>i) (to measure; to be a certain length/height/width)

Envelope stamped devolver al remitente

Devolver (o>ue) (to return, give back), Volver (o>ue) (to return, come back)

fashionable

De moda (fashionable for clothing) / a la moda (fashionable for a person)

Billboard advertising a sale

Rebajado (on sale)

tight

Apretado (tight)

wide, loose

Ancho (wide)

Pennies

Barato (cheap)

lamborghini

Caro (expensive)

comfortable

Cómodo (comfortable)

Small, medium, large

Pequeño, Chico, Mediano, Grande  (Petite, Small, Medium, Large)

Registered trademark symbol

De marca (brand-name)

En el supermercado

Tin can

La lata

cardboard box

La caja

bag

La bolsa

bottle

La botella

Jar

El frasco

One pound

Una libra

Half kilogram weight

Medio kilo (half a kilogram, i.e. roughly a pound)

One quart measuring cup

Un cuarto de galón (one quart, i.e. ¼ gallon)

a dozen eggs

Una docena, media docena (one dozen, half dozen)

Shopping cart

El carrito

aisle

El pasillo

Shelf

El estante (shelf)

Paying with credit card

Pagar (to pay)

cashier making change

El cambio (change)

receipt

El recibo (receipt)

En sitios de Internet

Sign up icon

Inscribirse (to sign up, to become a member)

search

Buscar (to look for, seek, search for; ¡OJO! Is not followed by a preposition in Spanish)

Icon of a box

Pedir (e>i) (to order, request)

Tag with percent sign

Recibir un descuento (to get a discount)

Icon of a form

Llenar el formulario (to fill/fill out the form)

Icon for express delivery

Preferir (e>ie) la entrega urgente (to prefer express delivery)

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