🛒 Grocery Stores
In this section, you'll learn useful Spanish vocabulary and everyday expressions for grocery shopping at a supermarket. You'll learn how to find groceries, ask where products are located, use a shopping cart or basket, follow a shopping list, and check out after you've finished shopping.
🟢 Basic Grocery Store Vocabulary
🏪 Supermarket → Supermercado
🛒 Shopping cart → Carrito
🧺 Shopping basket → Cesta / Canasta
📋 Shopping list → Lista de compras
🚶 Aisle → Pasillo
💰 Cashier → Cajero / Cajera
🟡 Grocery Shopping Vocabulary
🥛 Dairy products → Productos lácteos
🥩 Meat → Carne
🥦 Produce → Frutas y verduras
🥫 Canned food → Alimentos enlatados
🧊 Frozen food → Alimentos congelados
🥣 Cereal → Cereal
🔵 Grocery Shopping Actions
🛒 To go grocery shopping → Hacer la compra / Hacer las compras
🔎 To look for → Buscar
🛍️ To put in the cart → Poner en el carrito
🏷️ To check the price → Comprobar el precio
📋 To make a shopping list → Hacer una lista de compras
🧾 To check out / Pay at the register → Pagar en la caja
🧠 Talking About Grocery Shopping
💡 Use buscar when you're looking for a particular product in the supermarket.
Estoy buscando la leche.
I'm looking for the milk.
Busco arroz integral.
I'm looking for brown rice.
Estoy buscando la leche.
I'm looking for the milk.
Busco arroz integral.
I'm looking for brown rice.
💡 Use estar to ask or say where a product or section is located.
¿Dónde está el pan?
Where is the bread?
Los productos lácteos están al final de este pasillo.
The dairy products are at the end of this aisle.
¿Dónde está el pan?
Where is the bread?
Los productos lácteos están al final de este pasillo.
The dairy products are at the end of this aisle.
💡 Use necesitar to talk about the groceries you need to buy.
Necesito comprar huevos y leche.
I need to buy eggs and milk.
Necesitamos algunas cosas para la cena.
We need a few things for dinner.
Necesito comprar huevos y leche.
I need to buy eggs and milk.
Necesitamos algunas cosas para la cena.
We need a few things for dinner.
❓ Useful Grocery Store Questions
🥛 ¿Dónde está la leche?
Where is the milk?
Where is the milk?
🚶 ¿En qué pasillo está el arroz?
Which aisle is the rice in?
Which aisle is the rice in?
📦 ¿Tienen este producto?
Do you have this product?
Do you have this product?
🏷️ ¿Está esto en oferta?
Is this on sale?
Is this on sale?
🛍️ ¿Necesita una bolsa?
Do you need a bag?
Do you need a bag?
🧾 ¿Dónde están las cajas?
Where are the checkout registers?
Where are the checkout registers?
💬 Common Grocery Store Phrases
📋 Hice una lista para no olvidar nada en el supermercado.
I made a list so I wouldn't forget anything at the supermarket.
I made a list so I wouldn't forget anything at the supermarket.
🚶 El arroz está en el siguiente pasillo, junto a la pasta.
The rice is in the next aisle, next to the pasta.
The rice is in the next aisle, next to the pasta.
🏷️ Voy a comprobar si esta marca está en oferta esta semana.
I'm going to check whether this brand is on sale this week.
I'm going to check whether this brand is on sale this week.
🛒 Ya tenemos todo lo de la lista, así que podemos ir a la caja.
We have everything on the list, so we can go to the checkout.
We have everything on the list, so we can go to the checkout.
💬 Everyday Conversations
Finding a product
A: Disculpe, ¿en qué pasillo está el aceite de oliva?
B: Está en el pasillo cinco, cerca del arroz y la pasta.
A: Excuse me, which aisle is the olive oil in?
B: It's in aisle five, near the rice and pasta.
A: Disculpe, ¿en qué pasillo está el aceite de oliva?
B: Está en el pasillo cinco, cerca del arroz y la pasta.
A: Excuse me, which aisle is the olive oil in?
B: It's in aisle five, near the rice and pasta.
At the checkout
A: ¿Encontró todo lo que buscaba?
B: Sí, gracias. Solo necesito una bolsa para las compras.
A: Did you find everything you were looking for?
B: Yes, thank you. I just need a bag for the groceries.
A: ¿Encontró todo lo que buscaba?
B: Sí, gracias. Solo necesito una bolsa para las compras.
A: Did you find everything you were looking for?
B: Yes, thank you. I just need a bag for the groceries.
📝 Example Sentences
🛒 Cogí un carrito porque tenía que comprar comida para toda la semana.
I grabbed a shopping cart because I had to buy food for the whole week.
I grabbed a shopping cart because I had to buy food for the whole week.
📋 Revisé la lista de compras antes de pasar al siguiente pasillo.
I checked the shopping list before moving on to the next aisle.
I checked the shopping list before moving on to the next aisle.
🥛 Encontramos la leche y el queso en la sección de productos lácteos.
We found the milk and cheese in the dairy section.
We found the milk and cheese in the dairy section.
🥫 Busqué tomates enlatados para preparar la cena de esta noche.
I looked for canned tomatoes to prepare tonight's dinner.
I looked for canned tomatoes to prepare tonight's dinner.
🏷️ Antes de poner el cereal en el carrito, comprobé si había otra marca en oferta.
Before putting the cereal in the cart, I checked whether another brand was on sale.
Before putting the cereal in the cart, I checked whether another brand was on sale.
🧾 Cuando terminamos de hacer la compra, llevamos el carrito hasta la caja.
When we finished grocery shopping, we took the cart to the checkout.
When we finished grocery shopping, we took the cart to the checkout.
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- ¿Dónde está la leche?
- ¿En qué pasillo está el arroz?
- Necesito comprar huevos y leche.
- ¿Tienen este producto?
- ¿Está esto en oferta?
- Ya tengo todo lo de la lista.