Asking About Sizes and Trying on Clothes in Spanish

In this lesson, you will learn how to ask whether a clothing item is available in your size and how to ask to try it on. You will use clothing vocabulary, demonstratives, colors, sizes, — can / to be able to, — to want, and — to need.

The goal is a short practical shop exchange: identify the item, ask about the size, request the size you need, and ask to try the item on.

Reviewing basic clothing sizes

You already know three useful size words:

— the small size
— the medium size
— the large size

The noun — size is feminine, so pequeña and mediana use feminine forms.

Asking what size something is

A useful question is:

— What size is it?

Possible answers include:

— It is size small.
— It is size medium.
— It is size large.

Use this question when you are looking at one specific item and want to know its size.

Asking for a specific size

You can use — to need to say which size you need.

— I need a small size.
— I need a medium size.
— I need a large size.

This is useful when the shop assistant asks what size you need.

Asking whether the shop has a size

A practical question is:

— Do you have a medium size?

You can replace mediana with the size you need.

— Do you have a small size?
— Do you have a medium size?
— Do you have a large size?

For this lesson, learn ¿Tiene ...? as a practical shop question.

Asking about the size of a specific item

You can name or point to the clothing item first.

— Do you have this T-shirt in a medium size?
— Do you have this shirt in a large size?
— Do you have this sweater in a small size?
— Do you have this jacket in a medium size?

The demonstrative tells the shop assistant exactly which item you mean.

Asking about a different size

If the visible item is not the size you need, ask for another one.

Person A: — What size is it?

Person B: — It is size small.

Person A: — I need a medium size.

The exchange stays simple because the clothing item is already clear from the context.

Using color to identify the item

If several similar items are visible, add the color.

— Do you have the red T-shirt in a medium size?
— Do you have the blue shirt in a large size?
— Do you have the black jacket in a small size?

The color helps distinguish the item before you ask about its size.

Using demonstratives and color together

You can combine both kinds of information.

— Do you have this red T-shirt in a medium size?
— Do you have that blue sweater in a large size?
— Do you have that black jacket over there in a small size?

The structure becomes longer, but each part has a clear function: which item, which color, and which size.

Understanding a positive answer

A shop assistant may answer simply:

— Yes, we have a medium size.
— Yes, we have a large size.

The form — we have is the nosotros form of tener, which you already know.

Understanding a negative answer

A negative answer can also be simple.

— No, we do not have a medium size.
— No, we do not have a large size.

Listen carefully for no before .

Asking to try something on

A useful practical question is:

— Can I try on this T-shirt?

For this lesson, learn puedo probarme as a fixed shop phrase. Reflexive verbs are taught later in the course, so you do not need to analyze probarme yet.

You can replace the clothing item:

— Can I try on this shirt?
— Can I try on this sweater?
— Can I try on this jacket?
— Can I try on this coat?

Asking to try on a specific color

— Can I try on this red T-shirt?
— Can I try on that blue shirt?
— Can I try on that black jacket over there?

The demonstrative and color identify the exact item.

Asking where the fitting room is

The word — the fitting room / changing room is useful in a clothing shop.

— the fitting room / changing room
— the fitting rooms / changing rooms

Use the familiar location question:

— Where is the fitting room?

If the shop uses several fitting rooms, you may also hear:

— Where are the fitting rooms?

Understanding a simple fitting-room answer

A simple answer may use location language you already know.

— The fitting room is here.
— The fitting room is next to it / beside it.
— The fitting rooms are there.

The important information is the location.

Saying whether the item fits

After you try on an item, use me queda as a practical phrase to say how it fits. You do not need to analyze the pronoun structure yet.

— It fits me well.
— It is too big on me.

For “too small,” the adjective must agree with the clothing item.

— This T-shirt is too small on me.
Este jersey me queda pequeño. — This sweater is too small on me.

With other fit descriptions:

— This T-shirt fits me well.
— This T-shirt is too big on me.
— This sweater is too big on me.

Size label versus actual fit

— the size tells you the size printed or requested for the item. Me queda... — it fits me... tells you what happens when you actually wear it.

For example:

— It is a medium size, but it is too big on me.

The printed size and the actual fit are related, but they are not the same information.

Combining size and try-on questions

Read this short exchange:

Person A: — Do you have this T-shirt in a medium size?

Person B: — Yes, we have a medium size.

Person A: — Can I try on this T-shirt?

Person B: — Yes.

The customer first confirms the size, then asks to try the item on.

Combining color, size, and trying on

Person A: — Do you have the blue shirt in a large size?

Person B: — Yes, we have a large size.

Person A: — I want the blue shirt. Can I try on this shirt?

Person B: — Yes.

This exchange uses familiar and the new practical try-on phrase.

When the requested size is not available

Person A: — Do you have this jacket in a medium size?

Person B: — No, we do not have a medium size.

Person A: — Do you have a large size?

Person B: — Yes, we have a large size.

The customer simply asks about another available size.

Using preferir between two clothing options

If two items are available, you can use preferir.

Person A: — What do you prefer, this red T-shirt or that blue T-shirt?

Person B: — I prefer this red T-shirt.

Then the customer can ask about the size.

— Do you have this red T-shirt in a medium size?

Using price questions after choosing an item

You already know how to ask the price.

— How much does this T-shirt cost?

A possible answer is:

— It costs thirty euros.

The price question is separate from the size and try-on questions, but all three can appear in the same shop exchange.

A complete clothing-shop conversation

Person A: — Excuse me. Do you have this red T-shirt in a medium size?

Person B: — Yes, we have a medium size.

Person A: — Can I try on this T-shirt?

Person B: — Yes.

Person A: — Where is the fitting room?

Person B: — The fitting room is here.

Person A: — Thank you. This T-shirt fits me well.

This conversation covers the central lesson goal: identify the item, ask for the correct size, request to try it on, and locate the fitting room.

A second complete shop conversation

Person A: — Do you have that blue sweater in a large size?

Person B: — No, we do not have a large size.

Person A: — Do you have a medium size?

Person B: — Yes, we have a medium size.

Person A: — Can I try on that sweater?

Person B: — Yes.

A practical shop sequence

Use this sequence when shopping for clothes:

Identify the item with a noun, color, or demonstrative.
Ask if you need to know the current size.
Ask ¿Tiene ... en ...? for the size you need.
Say Necesito una ... if you need to state your size directly.
Ask ¿Puedo probarme...? to request trying the item on.
Ask if you need the fitting room.
After trying the item on, use or ; for “too small,” use pequeña or pequeño so the adjective agrees with the clothing item.

From Sizes and Trying on Clothes to Listening to Shop Transactions

You can now ask about clothing sizes, request the size you need, ask to try on a specific item, and find the fitting room. The next lesson is a listening lesson in which you will follow short Spanish shop transactions and check the total.