Shopaholic
Name what you want to buy — item, size, and color — and ask for it out loud.
Start with the core wardrobe: la camisa (shirt), los pantalones (pants), el vestido (dress), la chaqueta (jacket), los zapatos (shoes). But t-shirt is the word that reveals where you learned your Spanish: textbooks say la camiseta, Mexico says la playera, Argentina la remera, Colombia and Venezuela la franela. Sizes stay merciful — pequeño, mediano, grande — and in a store four phrases do most of the work: ¿Cuánto cuesta?, ¿Tiene en talla…?, ¿Puedo probármelo?, and Me lo llevo.
Below: the words lesson by lesson, what each item is actually called country to country, the slips that give beginners away — and a way to learn it all by saying it in a real shop conversation, no flashcards.
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Regional Spanish
Textbooks teach one word. Locals use several — pick your region's and stay consistent.
| English | Mexico | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| t-shirt | la playera | la remera |
| sneakers | los tenis | las zapatillas |
| jacket | la chamarra | la campera |
| socks | los calcetines | las medias |
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The part no drill site can do
Olivia
Your vocabulary teacher for this pack
No flashcards, no picture-matching. In the Shopaholic lessons, Olivia hands you the situations where the words actually live: you're in a store after a new shirt — ask ¿tiene en talla…? with the size you need, find el probador, check ¿cuánto cuesta?, and make the call: me lo llevo — or a polite estoy mirando and keep walking. Six lessons, every word said out loud in context until it's yours.
Blank mid-sentence and nothing bad happens — she waits. That's the practice, without unnecessary judgement.
Finish the 6 lessons and Shopaholic is yours — earned, not given.
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Quick answers
The textbook word is la camiseta, but locals rarely stop there: Mexico says la playera, Argentina la remera, and Colombia and Venezuela la franela. Pick your region's word and you'll sound like you shop there.
¿Puedo probármelo? — can I try it on? You'll also hear ¿me lo puedo probar?, which works just as well. The fitting room is el probador — in Colombia, el vestier.
¿Cuánto cuesta? is the universal question. Casual Mexico asks ¿en cuánto sale?, and Argentina ¿cuánto sale?. If it's on sale you'll hear está en oferta or está rebajado — good news either way.
Ask with la talla: ¿Tiene en talla…? plus pequeño, mediano or grande. Mexico casually says chico/mediano/grande, and Argentina uses el talle: ¿tenés el talle M? Remember Latin America uses European sizing, not US numbers.
Estoy mirando — I'm just looking. In Colombia the polite standard is solo estoy mirando, gracias. And when you do decide: me lo llevo, I'll take it.
