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You buy cheese and ham: what to say in Spanish

You buy cheese and ham.

Mercado / frutería7 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Cold cuts and cheese are bought by weight: cien gramos, un cuarto (quarter kilo), una loncha (slice); jamón serrano is cured ham.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
¿Qué le pongo?
Keh leh POHN-goh?
What can I get you?
They might also say:
Dígame, ¿qué le pongo?
DEE-guh-meh, keh leh POHN-goh?
Tell me, what shall I put in?
YOU REPLY
Doscientos gramos de jamón serrano, por favor.
Dos-SYAYN-tos GRAH-mos deh khuh-MOHN sehr-RAH-noh, por fuh-BOR.
Two hundred grams of serrano ham, please.
THEY SAY
¿En lonchas finas?
En LOHN-chuhs FEE-nuhs?
In thin slices?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, finas. Y cien gramos de queso manchego.
See, FEE-nuhs. Ee syayn GRAH-mos deh KEH-soh mahn-CHEH-goh.
Yes, thin. And a hundred grams of manchego cheese.
THEY SAY
Marchando.
Muhr-CHAHN-doh.
Coming up.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. ¿Cuánto es?
GRAH-syuhs. Koo-AHN-toh es?
Thanks. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Son seis euros con cincuenta.
Sohn says EH-oo-ros kohn seen-koo-AYN-tuh.
It's six euros fifty.
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Words worth knowing

pongo
POHN-goh
verb
I put
gramos
GRAH-mos
noun
grams
jamón
khuh-MOHN
noun
ham
serrano
sehr-RAH-noh
adjective
serrano (cured ham)
favor
fuh-BOR
noun
favour
lonchas
LOHN-chuhs
noun
slices

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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