 Expressing cost in Spanish  Converting to foreign currencies Spanish I Señora Hoffman-Fields.

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1  Expressing cost in Spanish  Converting to foreign currencies Spanish I Señora Hoffman-Fields

2 How much does it cost? To ask how much one item costs, ask the question ¿Cuánto cuesta el vestido? ¿Cuánto cuesta la camisa?

3 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?

4 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?

5 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!

6 Which Spanish-speaking countries use the US dollar as currency? Panamá El Salvador Ecuador

7 Argentina Argentina’s currency is the Argentine peso.

8 Bolivia Bolivia’s currency is the boliviano.

9 Chile Chile’s currency is the Chilean peso.

10 Colombia Colombia’s currency is the Colombian peso.

11 Costa Rica Costa Rica’s currency is the colón.

12 Guatemala Guatemala’s currency is the quetzal.

13 Honduras Honduras’s currency is the lempira.

14 México México’s currency is the Mexican peso.

15 Nicaragua Nicaragua’s currency is the córdoba.

16 Paraguay Paraguay’s currency is the guaraní.

17 Perú Perú’s currency is the nuevo sol.

18 Spain Spain’s currency is the euro.

19 Uruguay Uruguay’s currency is the Uruguayan peso.

20 Venezuela Venezuela’s currency is the bolivar.

21 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

22 1. precio: 256 bolivianos

23 2. precio: 25 Chilean pesos

24 3. precio: 50 Colombian pesos

25 4. precio: 62 guaranís

26 5. precio: 20 nuevo soles

27 6. precio: 21 Uruguayan pesos

28 7. precio: 220 bolivares

29 8. precio: 500 Mexican pesos

30 9. precio: 423 colones

31 10. precio: 253 quetzales

32 11. precio: 1000 lempiras

33 12. precio: 78 córdobas

34 13. precio: 250 euros

35 14. precio: 157 nuevo soles

36 15. precio: 1750 quetzales