How would you say "grocery" in Spanish?

Question

What do you say "grocery"? Hace la compra? Ir a compra?

"supermercado" is understood everywhere - - mountaingirl123, Aug 8, 2010

"hacer la compra" or "hacer las compras" - to do the shopping...."ir de compras" - to go shopping - mountaingirl123, Aug 8, 2010

Answer 1

Hola,

Otra opción para "grocery store": supermercado

Answer 2

Alimentos = food (i.e. groceries)

I have found "abarrotes" to sound weird to Mexican and Central American speakers.

Answer 3

Grocery = Tienda de comestibles and to say you are going to do the shopping you would say: Voy a hacer la compra.

Answer 4

groceries = Abarrotes Grocery = tienda de abarrotes, almacén

Answer 5

Do you mean the food, the store where you buy the food, or the act of shopping for the food?

Answer 6

a small grocery store in Mexico = abarrotes