Basic numbers: Paying the grocery bill
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Key Phrases
¿Cuántos artículos?
How many items?
¿Cuánto es en total?
How much is it in total?
¿Cuánto me toca de cambio?
How much change should I get?
Skills You'll Learn
Ask about the number of items during a purchase.
Preguntar por la cantidad de artículos durante una compra.
Ask for the total price in a store or market.
Preguntar por el precio total en una tienda o mercado.
Give payment and understand how much change you should receive.
Entregar el pago y entender cuánto cambio debe recibir.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at a store checkout in Mexico, asking the cashier how many items you have, the total price, and how much change you should receive after paying in pesos.
Buenas tardes. ¿Cuántos artículos llevo?
Good afternoon. How many items am I carrying?
Buenas tardes. Lleva ocho artículos.
Good afternoon. You have eight items.
Muy bien. ¿Cuánto es en total?
Very well. How much is it in total?
Son doscientos treinta pesos.
It is two hundred thirty pesos.
Aquí tiene, le doy trescientos pesos.
Here you go, I’m giving you three hundred pesos.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buenas tardes.
BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs
Good afternoon.
Artículos
ahr-TEE-koo-lohs
Items
¿Cuántos artículos?
KWAHN-tohs ahr-TEE-koo-lohs
How many items?
💬 [Cuánto] asks about amount, while [cuántos] asks about countable things. Compare [¿Cuánto es?] for price with [¿Cuántos artículos?] for number of items.
See breakdown →Ocho artículos
OH-choh ahr-TEE-koo-lohs
Eight items
Lleva ocho artículos.
YEH-bah OH-choh ahr-TEE-koo-lohs
You are carrying eight items.
💬 In Mexico, [lleva] is often used by cashiers for what a customer has with them: [Lleva ocho artículos.] You can reuse the pattern with other things, like [Lleva dos botellas.]
See breakdown →Muy bien.
MOO-ee BYEHN
Very good.
En total
ehn toh-TAHL
In total
¿Cuánto es en total?
KWAHN-toh ehs ehn toh-TAHL
How much is it in total?
💬 For prices, Spanish often says [¿Cuánto es...?] literally "how much is it," not "how much does it cost." The same pattern works with other totals: [¿Cuánto es con impuesto?]
See breakdown →Doscientos treinta pesos
dohs-SYEHN-tohs TREYN-tah PEH-sohs
Two hundred thirty pesos
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