Go to the Market in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to go to the market in Spanish! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• buy food at a market

• ask for a specific type of produce

• ask how much something costs

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Nouns

Spanish	English
el euro	euro
el huevo	egg
la fruta	fruit
la lechuga	lettuce
el limón	lemon
la manzana	apple
el melón	melon
el pepino	cucumber
el tomate	tomato
la verdura	vegetable
la zanahoria	carrot

examples
Quiero fruta. I want fruit.
¿Venden pepinos? Do you sell cucumbers?
Quiero esa zanahoria. I want that carrot.

Limón can be a tricky word in Spanish. Depending on where the speaker is from, they could mean lemon or lime! Read more in this article.

Demonstrative Adjectives

Gender & Number	Close	Further Away
masculine singular	este	ese
feminine singular	esta	esa
masculine plural	estos	esos
feminine plural	estas	esas

examples
Quiero este melón I want this melon.
Quiero estas frutas. I want these fruits.
Quiero esa zanahoria. I want that carrot.

Demonstrative adjectives must match the nouns they modify in gender and number.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Distance From the Speaker	Neuter Form	Meaning in English
close	esto	this
further away	eso	that

examples
¿Qué es esto? What is this?
¿Qué es eso? What is that?

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verb!

Vender

Venderis a regular -er verb that means to sell.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	vendo	I sell
tú	vendes	you sell	informal singular you
vos	vendés	you sell	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	vende	he, she sells
usted	vende	you sell	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	vendemos	we sell
vosotros, vosotras	vendéis	you sell	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	venden	they sell
ustedes	venden	you sell	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

examples
¿Venden pepinos? Do you sell cucumbers?
Sí, vendemos pepinos. Yes, we sell cucumbers.

Phrases

Here are some of the phrases used in these lessons!

Spanish	English
¿Algo más?	Anything else?
¿Cuánto es?	How much is it?
Nada más, gracias.	Nothing else, thank you.
¿Qué desea?	What do you want?
¿Qué es eso?	What is that?
¿Qué es esto?	What is this?

Culture

In much of the Spanish-speaking world, people often go to markets or specific fruit shops to buy produce. While one-stop supermarket shopping is also popular in many Spanish-speaking countries, many people prefer the quality of produce they can find at the market or in smaller shops that only sell produce.