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A2 Spanish Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for the Supermarket

El supermercado

2:23 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

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About this lesson

Three useful supermarket words: the basket, the checkout and the receipt, each with examples and a common mistake.

How to practise

  1. Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
  3. At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.

El supermercado The supermarket

WordMeaningDon't say
la cestathe basket feminine noun, coger una cestaNecesito una canasta para la compra. ✗ · Necesito una cesta para la compra. ✓ In Spain a supermarket basket is la cesta; canasta is mainly a basketball hoop.
la cajathe checkout feminine noun, pagar en la cajaVoy a pagar a la caja tres. ✗ · Voy a pagar en la caja tres. ✓ With la caja, you pay at the checkout using en, not a.
el ticketthe receipt masculine noun, ticket de compra¿Me da el recibo del supermercado, por favor? ✗ · ¿Me da el ticket del supermercado, por favor? ✓ For a shop receipt say el ticket; recibo is more a bill, like electricity.

Key words

SpanishEnglish
la cestathe basket
la cajathe checkout
el ticketthe receipt

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