What they'll say

What shop assistants say in Spanish

What shop assistants say in Spanish: sizes, change, paying – the sentences you hear at the counter.

Your Spanish

  • ¿Te ayudo en algo?

    Can I help you?

  • ¿Qué talla?

    What size?

    Also heard: Argentina & Uruguay: ¿Qué talle?

  • ¿En efectivo o con tarjeta?

    Cash or card?

  • No tengo cambio.

    I don't have change.

    Also heard: Argentina & Uruguay: No tengo vuelto.

  • Se nos terminó.

    We've run out.

  • ¿Necesita bolsa?

    Do you need a bag?

  • Pase por la caja.

    Please go to the till.

  • Está al fondo a la derecha.

    It's at the back on the right.

  • Son doscientos.

    That's two hundred.

  • ¿Lo quiere para regalo?

    Is it a gift?

  • Ese es el último.

    That's the last one.

  • Mañana nos llega más.

    We'll have more tomorrow.

  • ¿Algo más para usted?

    Anything else for you?

  • ¿Es todo?

    Is that everything?

  • ¿Tienes cambio?

    Do you have small change?

    Also heard: Argentina & Uruguay: ¿Tenés cambio?

  • ¿Débito o crédito?

    Debit or credit?

  • Gracias, que andes bien.

    Thanks, take care.

  • Dale, ¿qué más?

    Sure, what else?

If you didn't understand

Say one of these – it keeps the conversation in Spanish.

  • Disculpe, ¿me repite eso?

    Excuse me, could you repeat that?

  • Más despacio, por favor.

    Slower, please.

  • No entendí.

    I didn't understand.

    Also heard: Spain: No lo he entendido.

  • ¿Cómo?

    Sorry?

  • ¿Qué significa eso?

    What does that mean?

In Carpi you practise exactly these sentences – in the other direction too.

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How it works

Every sentence comes from the Carpi app, in three varieties. Pick the Spanish you want to understand; where another variety says it differently, you see that below the sentence – as information, not as a correction.

Questions

Where do these sentences come from?

From the Carpi app. They are the sentences the app uses for listening practice, in the Spanish of Argentina, Latin America and Spain.

Why learn what others say?

In real conversations you speak less than you listen. If you know the typical questions of a waiter or a shop assistant, you understand them the first time.

What if I still don't understand?

Use one of the sentences under "If you didn't understand". Asking again is normal and keeps the conversation in Spanish.

Is this free?

Yes. The pages are free to use, without an account.

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