Spanish · Gasolinera
You ask about the price of fuel: what to say in Spanish
You ask about the price of fuel.
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How it's done. Fuel prices are shown on a large board per litre (precio por litro); prices differ between stations in Spain; barato is cheap, caro expensive.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
¿A cuánto está el litro de diésel?
Uh koo-AHN-toh es-TAH el LEE-troh deh DYEH-sel?
How much is a litre of diesel?
THEY SAY
A uno cuarenta y cinco.Uh OO-noh koo-uh-RAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koh.
At one forty-five.
They might also say:
Está a un euro con cuarenta y cinco.
Es-TAH uh oon EH-oo-roh kohn koo-uh-RAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koh.
It's one euro forty-five.
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YOU REPLY
Pues póngame treinta euros.
Poo-ES POHN-guh-meh TRAYN-tuh EH-oo-ros.
Then fill thirty euros' worth.
THEY SAY
Muy bien.Mooy byayn.
Very well.
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YOU FINISH
¿Me da el recibo, por favor?
Meh duh el reh-SEE-boh, por fuh-BOR?
Can I have the receipt, please?
THEY SAY
Claro. Aquí lo tiene.KLAH-roh. Uh-KEE loh TYEH-neh.
Of course. Here it is.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
está
es-TAH
verb
is, is located
litro
LEE-troh
noun
litre
diésel
DYEH-sel
noun
diesel
póngame
POHN-guh-meh
verb
give me, put me
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
Muy
Mooy
adverb
very
19 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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