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You buy meat and ask for it to be cut: what to say in Spanish

You buy meat and ask for it to be sliced.

Mercado / frutería6 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At the butcher's they ask ¿Cómo lo quiere?: en filetes (steaks), picada (minced), entera (whole); thin slices are finas.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, quisiera medio kilo de pollo.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh MEH-dyoh KEE-loh deh POY-oh.
Good morning, I'd like half a kilo of chicken.
THEY SAY
¿Lo quiere en filetes o entero?
Loh KYEH-reh en fee-LEH-tes oh ayn-TEH-roh?
Do you want it in fillets or whole?
They might also say:
¿Cómo se lo preparo, en filetes o troceado?
KOH-moh seh loh preh-PAH-roh, en fee-LEH-tes oh troh-seh-AH-doh?
How shall I prepare it, fillets or chopped?
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YOU REPLY
En filetes, por favor.
En fee-LEH-tes, por fuh-BOR.
In fillets, please.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. Son cinco euros con veinte.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Sohn SEEN-koh EH-oo-ros kohn BAYN-teh.
Here you are. That's five euros twenty.
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YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. Gracias.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. GRAH-syuhs.
Here you are. Thanks.
THEY SAY
A usted. Hasta luego.
Uh oos-TED. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thank you. See you later.
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Words worth knowing

Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
medio
MEH-dyoh
adjective
half, middle
kilo
KEE-loh
noun
kilo
pollo
POY-oh
noun
chicken

20 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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