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You buy eggs and bread at the market: what to say in Spanish

You buy eggs and bread at the market.

Mercado / frutería7 linesLevel A1For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At a market in Spain you greet (buenos días) and wait your turn; say ¿Quién es el último? (who is last) to know whom to follow.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, ¿quién es el último?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kyayn es el OOL-tee-moh?
Good morning, who is last?
THEY SAY
Yo, detrás de mí va usted.
Yoh, deh-TRAHS deh mee bah oos-TED.
Me, you come after me.
They might also say:
Soy yo. Usted va detrás.
Soy yoh. Oos-TED bah deh-TRAHS.
It's me. You're behind me.
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2
YOU REPLY
Gracias.
GRAH-syuhs.
Thanks.
THEY SAY
Ahora le toca a usted. ¿Qué desea?
Uh-OH-ruh leh TOH-kuh uh oos-TED. Keh deh-SEH-uh?
It's your turn now. What would you like?
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3
YOU REPLY
Una docena de huevos, por favor.
OO-nuh doh-SEH-nuh deh WEH-bos, por fuh-BOR.
A dozen eggs, please.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. Son tres euros con cincuenta.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Sohn tres EH-oo-ros kohn seen-koo-AYN-tuh.
Here you are. That's three euros fifty.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Aquí tiene.
GRAH-syuhs. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh.
Thanks. Here you are.

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Words worth knowing

Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
es
es
verb
is
último
OOL-tee-moh
adjective
last
detrás
deh-TRAHS
adverb
behind
va
bah
verb
goes

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?
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!

All 21 rescue phrases in Spanish →

Similar situations

You pay in cash at the marketMercado / frutería · A2 in the app
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You ask the price at the marketMercado / frutería · A2 in the app
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