Expressing cost in Spanish Converting to foreign currencies Spanish I Señora 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 $ 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