Shops I
Places
Places
Market: mercado de calle, mercadillo
Stall: puesto de mercado, barraca de feria
Stand: puesto, quiosco
Supermarket: supermercado (DIA)
Marketplace: mercado
Market square: plaza del mercado
Shopping centre: centro comercial
(Shopping Center, in USA) e.j. Grancasa
Shopping mall: centro comercial (mall, in USA)
Department store: grandes almacenes
e.j. El Corte Inglés
People
People
Shop assitant: dependiente
Shopkeeper: tendero
Shopper: comprador
Consumer: consumidor
Customer: cliente. I’m Zara: soy (cliente) de Zara
Staff: personal, plantilla
Manager: director, gerente
Managing director: director (en general)
Assitant manager: subdirector/a, gerente
Assitant: ayudante
Learner: principiante, aprendiz
Learning difficulties: dificultades de aprendizaje
Superstore: hipermercado. e.j. Maxi
Store: tienda (almacén, in USA)
Chain store: tienda de una cadena
Supermarket: supermercado e.j. Dia
Traine, trainee: aprendiz/a
Shop: tienda
Second-hand shop: tienda de 2ª mano
Clothes shop: tienda de ropa
Boutique: tienda de ropa
Furniture shop: tienda de muebles
Bookshop: librería
Shoe shop: zapatería
Shop selling: droguería
Drugstore: farmacia-comestibles-periódicos
Bakery: panadería
Grocery: tienda de comestibles
Greengrocer’s: verdulería, frutería
Fishmonger’s: pescadería
Butcher’s: carnicería
Carpentry: carpintería
Dealer: vendedor, traficante
Shoplifter: ladrón, ladrona
Shoplifting: robo en una tienda
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Trader: comerciante
Trade: comercio
Purchaser: comprador Purchase: compra
Vocabulary
Vocabulary related
related II
Sales: rebajas
January sales: rebajas de enero
Bargain: chollo, ganga
Complaint: queja, reclamación
Compensation: indemnización
Guarantee: garantía
After-sales service: servicio de postventa
Goods: artículos
Fake goods: artículos falsificados
Vocabulary
Vocabulary related
related IIII
In stock: en existencia
Out of stock: agotado
Sell-by-date: fecha de caducidad
Clossing date: fecha límite
Out of date: caducado
Advert, Ats: abreviaturas de advertisement
Advertisement: anuncio
Advertising: publicidad
Vocabulary
Vocabulary related
related III
III
Troley: carro
Sopping troley: carrito de la compra
Shopping list: lista de la compra
Shopping bag: bolso de la compra
Queue: cola
Till: caja registradora
Receipt: ticket
Label: etiqueta
Refound: reembolso
Change: vuelta
You can keep the change (puedes quedarte con...)
Brand: marca (de alimento, ropa) A brand jeans.
Make: marca (de coches, electrodomésticos)
What make of car you got?
Best-seller: éxito editorial
Best-selling: de éxito (adjetivo)
Best-selling book: libro de éxito
Shops II
Verbs
Verbs
Some
Some Definitions
Definitions
Shop: ir de compras
Shop for something: buscar algo en una tienda
Go shopping: salir de compras
Go shopping mirror: ir de escaparates
Do the shopping: hacer la compra
Shopping: comprar
Shop around: comparar precios
Take something back: devolver
Buy on credit: comprar a crédito
Credit: abonar (en el mundo de las finanzas)
Complain (about): quejarse (de), reclamar
Pack your luggage: recoja su equipaje
Shop
Buy - bought - bought: comprar
Sell - sold - sold: vender
Cost - cost - cost: costar
Spend - spent - spent: gastar
Pay - paid - paid: pagar
Your shopping
Steal - stole - stolen: robar objetos (wallet, a
jacket...)
Rob: robar en un banco, en una tienda...
Deal in drugs: traficar con drogas
Vocabulary
Vocabulary related
related IV
IV
Gift: regalo
Packaging: embalaje
Wrapping: envoltorio
Wrapping paper: papel de envolver
A buy: una compra
My favourite buy: mi compra favorita
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A building or a part of a building where things are sold.
Market
A place where goods are bought and sold, frequently outdoors.
Shopping centre
A specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
Shopping mall
A specially built covered area containing shops and restaurants which people can walk between, and where cars are
not allowed.
Department store
A big shop where you can buy everything.
The shopping
The things which you buy when you go to shops.
The things that you have bought from shops, especially food.
Shopping list
A list of the things that you want to buy when you go shopping.
Window shopping
You spend time looking at the goods in the windows of shops without intending to buy anything.
Shopping chanel
A television channel that broadcasts programmes showing products that you can phone to buy.
Shop (verb)
You go to shops and buy things.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary related
related VV
Toiletries: productos de tocador
Branch: sucursal
Global marketplace: mercado global
You
...
with
You can
can wear
wear with...
with...
Casual clothes: ropa informal
Casual wear: ropa informal, de sport
Casuals: zapatos de sport
Casuals: ropa de sport
Smart clothes: ropa elegante
To look smart: estar elegante