Spanish · Tintorería / sastre
You ask about prices and turnaround times: what to say in Spanish
You ask about prices and times.
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How it's done. Prices are per item: abrigo dearer, camisa cheaper; the time is the plazo (two or three days); urgente is rush with a surcharge.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
¿Cuánto cuesta limpiar un abrigo y dos camisas?
Koo-AHN-toh koo-ES-tuh leem-PYAHR oon uh-BREE-goh ee dos kuh-MEE-suhs?
How much does it cost to clean a coat and two shirts?
THEY SAY
El abrigo, doce euros, y las camisas, tres cada una.El uh-BREE-goh, DOH-seh EH-oo-ros, ee lahs kuh-MEE-suhs, tres KAH-duh OO-nuh.
The coat twelve euros, and the shirts three each.
They might also say:
Doce por el abrigo y tres por cada camisa.
DOH-seh por el uh-BREE-goh ee tres por KAH-duh kuh-MEE-suh.
Twelve for the coat and three for each shirt.
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YOU REPLY
¿Para cuándo estará?
PAH-ruh koo-AHN-doh es-tuh-RAH?
By when will it be ready?
THEY SAY
Para el jueves.PAH-ruh el khoo-EH-bes.
By Thursday.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Se lo traigo hoy.
Pehr-FEK-toh. Seh loh TRIGH-goh oy.
Perfect. I'll bring it today.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Deje aquí su nombre.Mooy byayn. DEH-kheh uh-KEE soo NOM-breh.
Very well. Leave your name here.
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.
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Words worth knowing
cuesta
koo-ES-tuh
verb
costs
limpiar
leem-PYAHR
verb
to clean
abrigo
uh-BREE-goh
noun
coat
camisas
kuh-MEE-suhs
noun
shirts
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
cuándo
koo-AHN-doh
adverb
when
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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