Spanish Phrases: Shopping in Spanish
On this page, we'll look at names of shops in Spanish and some
useful Spanish shopping phrases.
Note: a Spanish shopping crossword
and wordsearch are available to help
you learn this vocabulary.
Shops in Spanish
First, some very generic words for shops in Spanish:
| una tienda | - | a shop | | una tienda departamental | - | a department store | | una tiendita | - | a small shop, corner shop | | una plaza (comercial) | - | an shopping centre, mall | | un mercado | - | a market | | el centro comercial | - | the shops, the shopping centre | | el super(mercado) | - | the supermarket |
 Suggest a change / cambios sugeridosIn general, you can use the phrase una tienda de X
to refer to a shop selling X. Here are some common examples:
| una tienda de comestibles | - | a grocer's (UK), drugstore (US) | | una tienda de discos | - | music shop, record shop | | una tienda de deportes | - | a sports shop | | una tienda de flores | - | a florist's, flower shop | | una tienda de periódicos | - | a newsagent's | | una tienda de regalos | - | a gift shop | | una tienda de ropa | - | a clothes shop |
Suggest a change / cambios sugeridosIf you're not sure of the exact word for a particular shop, then a
good strategy is to use una tienda de... as it will
still be understood.
However, here are some more specific words for certain types of
shop:
| una carnicería | - | a butcher's | | una droguería (Spain) | - | a DIY store, hardware shop | | una dulcería | - | a sweet shop, candy shop | | una farmacia | - | a pharmacy, chemist's, drugstore | | una ferretería | - | a hardware shop | | una florería | - | a florist's | | una floristería (Spain) | - | a florist's | | una frutería | - | a greengrocer's, fruit shop | | una joyería | - | a jeweller's, jewellery shop | | una juguetería | - | a toyshop | | una librería | - | a bookshop, bookstore | | una óptica | - | an optician's | | una panadería | - | a bakery | | una pastelería | - | a bakery, cake shop | | una verdulería | - | a greengrocer's | | una zapatería | - | a shoe shop |
Suggest a change / cambios sugeridosPronunciation tip: many of these words end in
-ía, with the stress on the i.
Be careful of farmacia, which has the stress on the
-ma- syllable.
See also...
 Spanish shopping phrases
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