Rocket Spanish Newsletter Series
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Everyone loves shopping. When you feel good, you shop, when you feel sad, you shop, when you get your pay check…yes, you shop. What do you feel like shopping today? If you’re hungry, you’ll be shopping for some nice food… Fish? Meat? Cake? Sweets?
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| Butchers | La carnicería | |
| Sweet shop / Candy store | La confitería | |
| Bakery | La panadería | |
| Cake shop / Pastry shop | La pastelería | |
| Fish shop / Seafood store | La pescadería | |
| Vegetable market | La verdulería | |
| Fruit shop | La frutería | |
| Brewery | La cervecería | |
| Wine cellar | La bodega | |
| Ice-cream shop | La heladería | |
| Pizza shop | La pizzería | |
| Dairy | La lechería | |
| Grocery store | La tienda de comestibles |
You may be looking for a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates, a packet of cookies, a can of fruit, or just a piece of cake. You can ask for how much and how many by asking: ¿Tiene…? “Have you got…?” Or simple say Quisiera… “I would like…” before the amount and product you would like.
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| I would like a bottle of… | Quisiera una botella de… | |
| I would like a jar of… | Quisiera un frasco de… | |
| I would like a box of… | Quisiera una caja de… | |
| I would like a packet of… | Quisiera un paquete de... | |
| I would like a case of… | Quisiera un estuche de… | |
| I would like a can/tin of… | Quisiera una lata de... | |
| I would like a sachet of… | Quisiera un sobre de… | |
| I would like a piece of… | Quisiera una porción de… | |
| I would like a kilo of… | Quisiera un kilo de… |
Perhaps you want a slice of bread, with a slice of salami, and a slice of cheese. How about a slice of cake with a slice of pineapple on top? In English we use the word “slice” for many things, but in Spanish, there is an extensive range of vocabulary that is equivalent to “slice”.
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| Slice of bread | Una rebanada de pan | |
| Slice of salami / sausage | Una loncha de chorizo / salchicha | |
| Slice of cheese / ham | Una loncha de queso / jamón | |
| Slice of meat | Una tajada de carne | |
| Slice of lemon /cucumber/ pineapple | Una rodaja de limón / pepino / piña | |
| Slice of cake / pie | Un trozo de pastel | |
| Slice of melon | Una raja de melón | |
| Slice of pizza | Una porción de pizza |
How would you buy meat if you lived in a Spanish-speaking country? At the carnicería, butcher shop, you can buy many kinds and cuts of meat...
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| Beef | Carne de res | |
| Pork chops | Chuletas de cerdo | |
| Veal | Ternera | |
| Pork | Lomo | |
| Lamb | Cordero | |
| Steak | Bistec | |
| Ribs | Costillas |
To ask for a slice of beef, you can say…
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| I would like a slice of beef | Quisiera una tajada de carne de res. |
You can also use the word cortadas when you’re asking for a certain number of pieces of meat…
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I would like three pieces of pork. |
Quisiera tres cortadas de lomo. |
That’s it for today’s lesson. I hope you had fun!
Mauricio Evlampieff
Rocket Spanish
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P.P.S You can practice your Spanish skills with this exercise.
Exercise 1. Match the Spanish phrases with the correct English translation. Write the letter of the correct answer into the gap provided.
| 1. Una loncha de queso | ( ____ ) | a. I would like a bottle of… |
| 2. Quisiera una botella de… | ( ____ ) | b. Slice of lemon |
| 3. Una rodaja de limón | ( ____ ) | c. Slice of cake |
| 4. Un trozo de pastel | ( ____ ) | d.I would like a slice of beef. |
| 5. Quisiera una tajada de carne de res. | ( ____ ) | e.Slice of cheese |
Exercise 2. Now, match the questions with the correct English translation.
| 1. Chuletas de cerdo | ( ____ ) | a. Ribs |
| 2. Lomo | ( ____ ) | b. Candy store |
| 3. La confitería | ( ____ ) | c. Pork chops |
| 4. La frutería | ( ____ ) | d. Pork |
| 5. Costillas | ( ____ ) | e. Fruit shop |
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