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You pay in cash at the market: what to say in Spanish

You pay in cash at the market.

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 markets people still often pay in cash; keep small change and do not ask for change from big notes without need.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
¿Cuánto es?
Koo-AHN-toh es?
How much is it?
THEY SAY
Son siete con ochenta.
Sohn SYEH-teh kohn oh-CHAYN-tuh.
That's seven eighty.
They might also say:
Siete euros con ochenta céntimos.
SYEH-teh EH-oo-ros kohn oh-CHAYN-tuh SAYN-tee-mos.
Seven euros eighty cents.
in the app
2
YOU REPLY
Aquí tiene diez euros.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh dyehs EH-oo-ros.
Here are ten euros.
THEY SAY
Dos con veinte de vuelta. Gracias.
Dos kohn BAYN-teh deh boo-EL-tuh. GRAH-syuhs.
Two twenty change. Thank you.
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3
YOU FINISH
Hasta luego.
AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
See you.
THEY SAY
Hasta luego. Que tenga buen día.
AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
See you later. Have a good day.
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Words worth knowing

es
es
verb
is
Son
Sohn
verb
are
Aquí
Uh-KEE
adverb
here
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
vuelta
boo-EL-tuh
noun
change

14 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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