👕 Clothing Stores - Tiendas de ropa

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Beginner Spanish · Shopping for clothes

Shopping for Clothes in Spanish

Clothing-store Spanish becomes practical when you can ask for a different size or color, try something on, find the fitting room, and say how the clothing fits.

Your next small win: ask for another size or color, request to try something on, find the fitting room, and describe whether clothing fits well, too big, or too small.

Start with common clothing

Core Clothing Store Vocabulary

These words give you enough vocabulary to handle a simple clothing-store conversation.

tienda de ropa
Clothing store
camisa
Shirt
pantalones
Pants
chaqueta
Jacket
vestido
Dress
zapatos
Shoes

Name four clothing items

Say “shirt, pants, jacket, and shoes” in Spanish.

Ask for another option

Sizes and Colors

Use tener to ask whether the store has the same item in another size or color.

talla
Size
color
Color
más pequeño / más pequeña
Smaller
más grande
Larger
¿Tiene esto en otra talla?
Do you have this in another size?
¿Tiene esta chaqueta en una talla más pequeña?
Do you have this jacket in a smaller size?
¿Tiene esta camisa en una talla más grande?
Do you have this shirt in a larger size?
¿Tienen este vestido en azul?
Do you have this dress in blue?
¿Tienen esta camisa en otro color?
Do you have this shirt in another color?

Useful pattern: ¿Tiene esto en...? is a flexible way to ask for another option, such as otra talla or otro color.

Looking for another size

A
Disculpe, ¿tiene esta chaqueta en una talla más pequeña?
Excuse me, do you have this jacket in a smaller size?
B
Sí, creo que tenemos una. Voy a buscarla.
Yes, I think we have one. I'll go look for it.

Ask for two alternatives

Ask whether the shirt comes in a larger size and another color.

Try the clothing on

Probarse and the Fitting Room

Use probarse when talking about trying on clothing.

probador
Fitting room
probarse
To try on
Quiero probarme esta chaqueta.
I want to try on this jacket.
¿Puedo probarme estos pantalones?
Can I try on these pants?
¿Puedo probarme estos zapatos?
Can I try on these shoes?
¿Dónde están los probadores?
Where are the fitting rooms?

Trying on pants

A
¿Puedo probarme estos pantalones?
Can I try on these pants?
B
Claro. Los probadores están al fondo, a la derecha.
Of course. The fitting rooms are in the back, on the right.

Try something on

Ask whether you can try on the pants, then ask where the fitting rooms are.

Decide how it fits

Using Quedar for Fit

Use quedar to describe how clothing fits or looks on someone.

Esta camisa me queda bien.
This shirt fits me well.
La chaqueta me queda bien.
The jacket fits me well.
Estos pantalones me quedan grandes.
These pants are too big for me.
Esta talla me queda pequeña.
This size is too small for me.

Singular and plural: use queda with one item and quedan with plural items: la camisa me queda bien, but los pantalones me quedan grandes.

After trying it on

A
¿Qué tal te queda la chaqueta?
How does the jacket fit you?
B
Me queda bien, pero quisiera verla en otro color.
It fits me well, but I'd like to see it in another color.

Describe two fits

Say that the shirt fits well and the pants are too big.

Returns and exchanges
cambiar
To exchange / change
devolver
To return
¿Puedo cambiarlo por otra talla?
Can I exchange it for another size?

Lesson boundary: returns and exchanges are covered more fully in the general shopping lesson. Here they are secondary to choosing, trying on, and checking the fit of clothing.

Your turn · 8 quick questions

Practice: Shopping for Clothes

Choose the answer that best fits each situation. Focus on sizes, colors, trying things on, fitting rooms, and how clothing fits.

Audio uses your device's Spanish text-to-speech voice. Listen to each phrase, then practice asking about sizes and colors, trying clothing on, and describing the fit.