Hunter's Moon Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I am a cashier and live in a predominantly spanish area. There are quite a few customer who do not speak English. I know basic Spanish (numbers, colors, days, months, etc.) but I need some help with some phrases. How would I say $238.18 in Spanish? Dos cientos y trienta ocho ...... But then I get lost. I just don't know the proper grammar/order of it. I will think of some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmami01 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Dos cientos treinta y ocho dolares con dieciocho centavos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebacabunch Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 You don't even have to add dolares and centavos. They are two different numbers and will be understood, just like in English. 238.18 is said two thirty eight, eighteen and in Spanish you would say dos cientos treinta y ocho y diez y ocho. They are two different whole numbers and will be understood completely. Just add y between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks for the responses. I will probably have to add dolares and centavos in while I am trying to process what number I am about to say :lol: A question now about different Spanish countries. Most of the population in my city is from Puerto Rico, but there is also a Mexican and Dominican presence. I know the basics are the same but sometimes sentence structure or certain words are different. Like in Mexico, wouldn't dolares be pesos? Or is it interchangeable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 And can someone please help me with these phrases? I am wary of online translators....: Price check Store credit Gift card Selling value Those are all I can think of right now. I know basic phrases, like yo se, yo no se, un poco, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Bless you for wanting to learn more Spanish! Your customers will sincerely appreciate your efforts! Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth and the currency there is the U.S. Dollar. In Mexico, their currency is the Mexican Peso and in the Dominican Republic ("la republica dominicana") they use the Dominican Peso. In most, but not all, countries South of the Rio Grande, the currency is the Peso, however, the value of the Peso in one country has no relation to the value of the Peso of another country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth and the currency there is the U.S. Dollar. In Mexico, their currency is the Mexican Peso and in the Dominican Republic ("la republica dominicana") they use the Dominican Peso. In most, but not all, countries South of the Rio Grande, the currency is the Peso, however, the value of the Peso in one country has no relation to the value of the Peso of another country. Also, unless you're processing money transfers to their native country, you would always use "dolares", as the exchange you are making with them as a cashier is in US dollars, not in any kind of pesos. One thing just to make a note of, the and/y is put in a different place in Spanish - we say two hundred and eighty-five, with the "and" between the hundreds and the tens place; in Spanish it would be doscientos ochenta y cinco, with the "and" between the tens and ones place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Also, unless you're processing money transfers to their native country, you would always use "dolares", as the exchange you are making with them as a cashier is in US dollars, not in any kind of pesos. One thing just to make a note of, the and/y is put in a different place in Spanish - we say two hundred and eighty-five, with the "and" between the hundreds and the tens place; in Spanish it would be doscientos ochenta y cinco, with the "and" between the tens and ones place. Thank you for explaining both the dolares/pesos thing and the and/y. I noticed it was placed differently and figured it was just a grammatical thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 And can someone please help me with these phrases? I am wary of online translators....: Price check Store credit Gift card Selling value Those are all I can think of right now. I know basic phrases, like yo se, yo no se, un poco, etc. I will take a stab at this, based on 18 years of Spanglish. There are probably multiple ways of saying those things and it may vary, from country to country. Price check could be "Confirmar el precio" Store credit could be "Bono de credito" Gift card could be "tarjeta de regalo" Selling value, I had never heard of that term. My wife used Google Translate which came up with "valor de venta" Be VERY careful, using online translators! Recently, my wife's half brother wrote something on my FB, under a photo of a Harley I put on my FB, about the female motorcycle passenger I have. I forget the word he used, but it is used in Colombia for female motorcycle passenger. Well, FB showed that I could click on Bing for a translation and Bing translated that word into barbecue...... If Colombia is typical (the purest Spanish is spoken here), when writing a number, where Americans would put a period ("."), Colombians put a comma (",") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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