Basic colors: Asking about tshirt color options
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Key Phrases
Busco playeras.
I'm looking for T-shirts.
¿Qué colores te gustan?
What colors do you like?
Quiero cuatro playeras, por favor.
I want four T-shirts, please.
Skills You'll Learn
Ask for clothing items in a store.
Pedir prendas de ropa en una tienda.
Talk about color preferences and available options.
Hablar de preferencias de colores y opciones disponibles.
State quantities and make a polite purchase request.
Decir cantidades y hacer una compra de forma cortés.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a clothing store in Mexico, asking a shop assistant for T-shirts in different colors and choosing the ones you want to buy.
Hola, busco playeras de varios colores.
Hello, I'm looking for T-shirts in various colors.
Claro, ¿qué colores te gustan?
Of course, what colors do you like?
Quiero una azul, una roja y una verde.
I want one blue, one red, and one green.
Sí, tenemos esos colores.
Yes, we have those colors.
¿También hay playeras blancas?
Are there also white T-shirts?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola.
OH-lah
Hello.
Busco
BOOS-koh
I am looking for
Playeras
plah-YEH-rahs
T-shirts
🇲🇽 In Mexico, [playera] is the everyday word for a T-shirt. In some other countries you'd hear [camiseta] instead.
See breakdown →Busco playeras.
BOOS-koh plah-YEH-rahs
I'm looking for T-shirts.
🇲🇽 In a shop, [Busco...] sounds natural and a bit softer than [Quiero...] when you're just starting to browse. It's a normal opener with store staff.
See breakdown →Varios
BAH-ree-ohs
Several
Colores
koh-LOH-rehs
Colors
Varios colores
BAH-ree-ohs koh-LOH-rehs
Various colors
Claro.
KLAH-roh
Of course.
🇲🇽 In a store, [Claro.] often means "sure" or "no problem," not just literal "of course." Staff may use it to say they can help with your request.
See breakdown →¿Qué
keh
What
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