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You ask the price at the market: what to say in Spanish

You ask a price at the market.

Mercado / frutería7 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Prices at the market are per kilo: ¿A cuánto está el kilo?; the answer is a tres euros el kilo; you can ask for half a kilo (medio kilo) or cuatrocientos gramos.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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1
YOU START
Buenos días, ¿a cuánto están las naranjas?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, uh koo-AHN-toh es-TAHN lahs nuh-RAHN-khuhs?
Good morning, how much are the oranges?
THEY SAY
A dos euros el kilo.
Uh dos EH-oo-ros el KEE-loh.
Two euros a kilo.
They might also say:
Están a dos euros el kilo, de Valencia.
Es-TAHN uh dos EH-oo-ros el KEE-loh, deh Buh-LAYN-syuh.
Two euros a kilo, from Valencia.
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2
YOU REPLY
Póngame un kilo y medio, por favor.
POHN-guh-meh oon KEE-loh ee MEH-dyoh, por fuh-BOR.
Give me a kilo and a half, please.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. ¿Algo más?
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. AHL-goh mahs?
Here you are. Anything else?
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3
YOU REPLY
Nada más. ¿Cuánto es?
NAH-duh mahs. Koo-AHN-toh es?
Nothing else. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Tres euros.
Tres EH-oo-ros.
Three euros.
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4
YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. Gracias.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. GRAH-syuhs.
Here you are. Thanks.

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Words worth knowing

Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
están
es-TAHN
verb
are (they)
naranjas
nuh-RAHN-khuhs
noun
oranges
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
kilo
KEE-loh
noun
kilo

18 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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