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You look for sun cream: what to say in Spanish

You look for sun cream.

Parafarmacia6 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. On the cream you see the factor de protección (SPF) - the number shows the level; for children use fifty or higher, as the sun is strong in Spain.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
Necesito crema solar para niños.
Neh-seh-SEE-toh KREH-muh soh-LAHR PAH-ruh NEE-nyos.
I need sun cream for children.
THEY SAY
¿Qué factor quiere, treinta o cincuenta?
Keh fuhk-TOR KYEH-reh, TRAYN-tuh oh seen-koo-AYN-tuh?
Which factor do you want, thirty or fifty?
They might also say:
¿De protección treinta o de cincuenta?
Deh proh-tek-SYOHN TRAYN-tuh oh deh seen-koo-AYN-tuh?
With protection thirty or fifty?
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YOU REPLY
Cincuenta, resistente al agua.
Seen-koo-AYN-tuh, reh-sees-TAYN-teh ahl AH-goo-uh.
Fifty, waterproof.
THEY SAY
Esta es la mejor. Son diez euros.
ES-tuh es lah meh-KHOR. Sohn dyehs EH-oo-ros.
This is the best. It's ten euros.
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YOU FINISH
Me la llevo. ¿Dónde pago?
Meh lah YEH-boh. DOHN-deh PAH-goh?
I'll take it. Where do I pay?
THEY SAY
En la caja, a la derecha.
En lah KAH-khuh, uh lah deh-REH-chuh.
At the till, on the right.
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Words worth knowing

Necesito
Neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
crema
KREH-muh
noun
cream
solar
soh-LAHR
adjective
solar, sun
niños
NEE-nyos
noun
children, boys
factor
fuhk-TOR
noun
factor
quiere
KYEH-reh
verb
wants

21 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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Spanish →

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