Spanish · Parafarmacia
You buy household products at the drugstore: what to say in Spanish
You buy household items at a drugstore.
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How it's done. A droguería or parafarmacia sells: detergente (washing powder), suavizante (softener), lejía (bleach), jabón (soap), champú (shampoo).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, busco detergente para la ropa.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, BOOS-koh deh-tehr-KHAYN-teh PAH-ruh lah ROH-puh.
Good morning, I'm looking for laundry detergent.
THEY SAY
¿Para ropa de color o blanca?PAH-ruh ROH-puh deh koh-LOR oh BLAHN-kuh?
For coloured or white clothes?
They might also say:
¿Lo quiere para ropa de color o para blanca?
Loh KYEH-reh PAH-ruh ROH-puh deh koh-LOR oh PAH-ruh BLAHN-kuh?
Do you want it for coloured or white?
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YOU REPLY
Para ropa de color, líquido.
PAH-ruh ROH-puh deh koh-LOR, LEE-kee-doh.
For coloured, liquid.
THEY SAY
Este es muy bueno. Cuesta seis euros.ES-teh es mooy boo-EH-noh. Koo-ES-tuh says EH-oo-ros.
This one is very good. It costs six euros.
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YOU FINISH
Me lo llevo. Gracias.
Meh loh YEH-boh. GRAH-syuhs.
I'll take it. Thanks.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Pague en caja, por favor.Mooy byayn. PAH-geh en KAH-khuh, por fuh-BOR.
Very well. Pay at the till, please.
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
busco
BOOS-koh
verb
I look for
detergente
deh-tehr-KHAYN-teh
noun
detergent
ropa
ROH-puh
noun
clothes
color
koh-LOR
noun
colour
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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