Listening to Spanish Shop Transactions and Checking the Total

In this listening lesson, you will follow short Spanish shop transactions and identify the item, size, color, price, and final total.

For each first listening attempt, use the Spanish audio before reading the transcript and English meaning. Focus on extracting the information you need rather than translating every word.

Listening for one item and one price

Listen first:

What item is being discussed, and how much does it cost?

Now check:

— This T-shirt costs twenty euros.

The item is esta camiseta — this T-shirt, and the price is veinte euros — twenty euros.

Listening for color and price

Listen first:

Identify the color and the price.

Now check:

— The blue shirt costs thirty euros.

The important details are azul — blue and — thirty euros.

Listening for a requested size

Listen first:

Which size does the customer need?

Now check:

— I need a medium size.

Listening for size availability

Listen first:

Person A:

Person B:

Is the requested size available?

Now check:

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

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

The answer is positive, so the requested size is available.

Listening for an unavailable size

Listen first:

Person A:

Person B:

Is the large size available?

Now check:

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

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

Listen carefully for no before tenemos.

Listening for a second size option

Listen first:

Person A:

Person B:

Which alternative size is available?

Now check:

Person A: — Do you have a medium size?

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

Listening for a try-on request

Listen first:

What does the customer want to do?

Now check:

— Can I try on this jacket?

The customer wants to try on the jacket.

Listening for the fitting room

Listen first:

Person A:

Person B:

Where is the fitting room?

Now check:

Person A: — Where is the fitting room?

Person B: — The fitting room is here.

Listening for two prices

Listen first:

Identify the two prices before calculating the total.

Now check:

— The T-shirt costs twenty euros and the shoes cost forty euros.

The two prices are 20 euros and 40 euros.

Checking the total of two items

If one item costs twenty euros and another costs forty euros, the total is:

— Sixty euros.

Listen first:

Now check:

— It is sixty euros in total.

Listening for the phrase en total

En total — in total tells you that the speaker is giving the final combined amount.

— It is fifty euros in total.
— It is eighty euros in total.
— It is one hundred euros in total.

When you hear en total, pay special attention to the number immediately before it.

Listening for three items

Listen first:

Write down the three prices before checking the total.

Now check:

— The shirt costs thirty euros, the sweater costs forty euros, and the shoes cost fifty euros.

The prices are 30, 40, and 50 euros.

The total is 120 euros.

— One hundred twenty euros.

Listening for a stated total

Listen first:

Does the spoken total match 30 + 40 + 50?

Now check:

— It is one hundred twenty euros in total.

Yes. The total matches the three listed prices.

Listening for a possible mistake in the total

Listen first:

Now listen to the stated total:

Does the total match the prices?

Now check:

— The T-shirt costs twenty-five euros and the jacket costs fifty euros.

— It is eighty euros in total.

Twenty-five plus fifty is seventy-five, not eighty. The stated total does not match.

Using ¿Cuánto es en total?

A useful shop question is:

— How much is it in total?

For this lesson, learn it as a practical question frame.

Person A: — How much is it in total?

Person B: — It is seventy euros.

Listening for an item, size, and price in one exchange

Listen first:

Person A:

Person B:

Identify the item, color, size, and price.

Now check:

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

Person B: — Yes. It costs thirty-five euros.

The item is a blue shirt, the requested size is medium, and the price is 35 euros.

Listening for two purchased items

Listen first:

Which two items does the customer choose?

Now check:

— I want this red T-shirt and those black shoes.

The customer chooses the red T-shirt and the black shoes.

Listening for the prices of the selected items

Listen first:

What should the total be?

Now check:

— The T-shirt costs twenty euros. The shoes cost sixty euros.

The correct total is 80 euros.

— Eighty euros.

Checking the spoken total against the prices

Listen first:

Now check:

— It is eighty euros in total.

The spoken total matches 20 + 60.

A complete shop transaction

Listen to the whole exchange before reading the translation:

Person A:

Person B:

Person A:

Person B:

Person A:

Person B:

Person A:

Person B:

Now check:

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

Person B: — Yes, we have a medium size. It costs twenty-five euros.

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

Person B: — Yes.

Person A: — I want this T-shirt and those black shoes.

Person B: — The shoes cost fifty euros.

Person A: — How much is it in total?

Person B: — It is seventy-five euros in total.

The total is correct because 25 + 50 = 75.

Listening for larger prices

Listen first:

Now check:

— The jacket costs one hundred twenty euros.

Listen again:

Now check:

— The shoes cost one hundred fifty euros.

You can now use the larger-number patterns from the previous lesson when shopping.

Checking a larger total

If the jacket costs 120 euros and the shoes cost 150 euros, the total is 270 euros.

Listen first:

Now check:

— It is two hundred seventy euros in total.

A reliable listening method

When you hear a short shop transaction, use this sequence:

Identify the clothing item.
Listen for color and size if they are mentioned.
Write down each price separately.
Listen for en total to identify the final amount.
Add the prices yourself.
Compare your calculated total with the spoken total.

This method helps you check both language comprehension and numerical accuracy.

From Shop Transactions to a Shopping Mission

You can now listen to short Spanish shop transactions, identify clothing items, sizes, colors, and prices, and verify whether the stated total is correct. The next lesson is a shopping mission in which you will choose clothes and buy food within a budget.