Spanish · Farmacia / receta
You buy plasters and a thermometer at the pharmacy: what to say in Spanish
You buy plasters and a thermometer at the pharmacy.
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How it's done. Pharmacy words: tirita (plaster), termómetro, gasas (gauze), mascarilla (mask), crema (cream).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
Buenos días, quisiera tiritas y un termómetro.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh tee-REE-tuhs ee oon tehr-MOH-meh-troh.
Good morning, I'd like plasters and a thermometer.
THEY SAY
¿Qué tipo de termómetro quiere, digital o de frente?Keh TEE-poh deh tehr-MOH-meh-troh KYEH-reh, dee-khee-TAHL oh deh FRAYN-teh?
What kind of thermometer would you like, digital or forehead?
They might also say:
¿Quiere uno digital o de frente?
KYEH-reh OO-noh dee-khee-TAHL oh deh FRAYN-teh?
Do you want a digital one or a forehead one?
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YOU REPLY
Digital, por favor.
Dee-khee-TAHL, por fuh-BOR.
Digital, please.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. En total son siete euros con cincuenta.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. En toh-TAHL sohn SYEH-teh EH-oo-ros kohn seen-koo-AYN-tuh.
Here you are. That's seven euros fifty in total.
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YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. Gracias.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. GRAH-syuhs.
Here you are. Thanks.
THEY SAY
Gracias a usted. Hasta luego.GRAH-syuhs uh oos-TED. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thank you. See you later.
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
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
tiritas
tee-REE-tuhs
noun
plasters
termómetro
tehr-MOH-meh-troh
noun
thermometer
tipo
TEE-poh
noun
type
23 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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