Expressing cost in Spanis Converting to foreign currencies Spanish I Señora Hoffman- Fields
Expressing cost in Spanish Converting to foreign currencies
Spanish ISeñora Hoffman-Fields
How much does it cost?
To ask how much one item costs, ask the question
¿Cuánto cuesta el vestido?
¿Cuánto cuesta la camisa?
How much do they cost?
To ask how much more than one item costs, ask the question
¿Cuánto cuestan los pantalones?
¿Cuánto cuestan los zapatos?
Practice:
1. How much does the t-shirt cost?
2. How much do the baseball caps cost?
¿Cuánto cuestan los jeans?
4. How much does the blouse cost?
¿Cuánto cuestan las gorras?
3. How much do the jeans cost?
¿Cuánto cuesta la blusa?
¿Cuánto cuesta la camiseta?
Currency
Currency is a system of money used in a particular country.
The currency of the United States of America is the US dollar.
A few Spanish-speaking countries also use the US dollar as currency, but most Spanish-speaking countries have their own currency.
Not all currencies have the same value!
Which Spanish-speaking countries use the US dollar as currency?
Panamá
El Salvador
Ecuador
Argentina
Argentina’s currency is the Argentine peso.
Bolivia
Bolivia’s currency is the boliviano.
Chile
Chile’s currency is the Chilean peso.
Colombia
Colombia’s currency is the Colombian peso.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s currency is the colón.
Guatemala
Guatemala’s currency is the quetzal.
Honduras
Honduras’s currency is the lempira.
México
México’s currency is the Mexican peso.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s currency is the córdoba.
Paraguay
Paraguay’s currency is the guaraní.
Perú
Perú’s currency is the nuevo sol.
Spain
Spain’s currency is the euro.
Uruguay
Uruguay’s currency is the Uruguayan peso.
Venezuela
Venezuela’s currency is the bolivar.
Activities
For each picture, ask “How much is it?”, then give the price in US dollars.
example::
¿Cuánto cuestan los pantalones?
Cuestan $11.44.
precio: 100 Argentine pesos
1.
precio: 256 bolivianos
2.
precio: 25 Chilean pesos
3.
precio: 50 Colombian pesos
4.
precio: 62 guaranís
5.
precio: 20 nuevo soles
6.
precio: 21 Uruguayan pesos
7.
precio: 220 bolivares
8.
precio: 500 Mexican pesos
9.
precio: 423 colones
10.
precio: 253 quetzales
11.
precio: 1000 lempiras
12.
precio: 78 córdobas
13.
precio: 250 euros
14.
precio: 157 nuevo soles
15.
precio: 1750 quetzales