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