Helpful Spanish Phrases For Panama Virgins 8

By BobbyRica | December 8, 2008

Here’s our new installment of helpful Spanish phrases whenever you go shopping. Enjoy!

Some corrections:

If you ask “¿Puedo tener una bolsa?” is the same as if you ask in English, “I have a bag, Is there any problem with that?” And the salesclerk will say: No, of course, it’s not my concern how many bags you have. Which is just awkward Spanish. What you want to say whenever you want the salesclerk to give you a bag is ¿Puede darme una bolsa, por favor? That’s, literally, in English, “Can you give me a bag, please?”

In Spanish we do not say “¿Toma usted cheques de viajero?” We say ¿Acepta usted cheques de viaje? “Persona anglófona” are not very usual words in Spanish. We say “persona que hable inglés”. If you ask “¿Qué es el mejor precio” a Spanish speaker will say (in Spanish): The best price is the cheapest one. If you want to know how much is the best price you must ask ¿Cuál (not qué) es el mejor precio?