how do you say supplies in spanish

Question

supplies in spanish

Sammie, welcome to the forum, please remember to use correct capitalization and punctuation in all of your future posts. It is mandatory! - Yeser007, Oct 18, 2011

Answer 1

Sammie, when I'm going to buy supplies I call them materiales but then that probably doesn't help you much unless you are buying what can also be called materials as in construction materials or supplies. Did you know you can double click on your word to get an answer to that question?

I did not know about the double click... hurrah, one more thing I learned on SD. - katydew, Oct 18, 2011

Way to go Katy:) - Yeser007, Oct 18, 2011

Answer 2

Seems " provisiones" goes more to food and supplies for a military movement or even a restaurant. However when making "provisions" for something " provisiones" is also used.

" Materiales" on the other hand seems to go to construction supplies and materials of that category in general.

Answer 3

Then where does suministros fit in? I hear that word all the time in movies to mean supplies.

Suministros definatley fits in for supplies, - pacofinkler, Oct 18, 2011

Answer 4

depends on the context, but it would be "provisiones" is most contexts

Answer 5

Welcome to the forum.

There are several ways to say "supply", depending on context and part of speech. Rather than list all options out, as well as providing context, let me suggest that you go to the very top of this page, next to the Spanishdict logo, where there is a box marked "translate". Type in "supply" and you will see a listing of all the options and examples of their usage.

Come back to the forum if you are uncertain as to which word would be correct for your translation.

Answer 6

supplies - provisiones (no accent)