Spanish

At the Supermarket

Learn how to find products, ask prices and understand the checkout.

5 min

The main question

“¿Dónde está…?” helps you find almost anything.

Use ¿Dónde está + singular noun? or ¿Dónde están + plural noun?

Match está or están to one thing or several things.

Singular

¿Dónde está el pan?Where is the bread?

Plural

¿Dónde están los huevos?Where are the eggs?

Useful supermarket questions

01¿Dónde está la leche?DON-deh es-TAH lah LEH-chehWhere is the milk?02¿Dónde están las verduras?Where are the vegetables?03¿Cuánto cuesta?KWAN-toh KWEHS-tahHow much does it cost?04¿Hay otra marca?Is there another brand?

Quantities for fresh food

01Un kilo de tomates.One kilo of tomatoes.02Medio kiloMEH-dyoh KEE-loh de manzanas.Half a kilo of apples.03Doscientos gramosdos-THYEN-tos GRAH-mos de queso.Two hundred grams of cheese.04Un poco más.A little more.

Useful quantity

“Doscientos gramos” means 200 grams.

Learn common shop quantities as chunks: medio kilo, un kilo, doscientos gramos.

At the checkout

01¿Necesitas bolsa?Do you need a bag?02Sí, una, por favor.Yes, one please.03¿Quieres el ticket?Do you want the receipt?04No, gracias.No, thanks.

Natural Spain

“Ticket” is commonly used for a shop receipt.

You may hear ¿Quieres el ticket? at the checkout. Recibo also means receipt, but ticket is very common in everyday retail.

Remember this

¿Dónde está…?, ¿cuánto cuesta? and una bolsa, por favorPronunciation: OO-nah BOL-sah por fah-BOR handle most supermarket basics.

Focus on the recurring patterns and swap in the product you need.

Lesson complete

Reviewed 2026-09-07

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