A2 Spanish Level Ladder
3 Levels of 'That's Expensive'
Es caro
1:13 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
A shopper reacts to a price, climbing from a plain "es caro" to a polite complaint and finally the way friends in Spain really say it.
How to practise
- Watch each rung's card: the level, when to use it, and the phrase with its pinyin and English.
- Repeat every rung out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause, from HSK 1 up to the native way.
- Then climb it in one go, and comment which rung you're on.
Key words
| Spanish | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| caro | expensive | |
| demasiado | too much | |
| para mí | for me | |
| es un robo | it's a rip-off |
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