27 de abril de 2017
Tiendas – Shops
In Spanish, the names of different types of stores/shops end in -ería
This ending shows that an item is sold there and the root of the word shows what is sold in a certain shop.
For example, in a tortillería, they sell tortillas
Here are some more showing the store name and the product or root of the word.
Have you noticed any of these in your community?
If you have any Latin markets in your area you may also see these as overhead signs indicating a particular section or department.
En mi comunidad (no) hay… – In my community there’s …
una panadería – a bakery
pan – bread
una heladería – an ice cream shop
helado – ice cream
una frutería – a fruit stand
frutas – fruits
una verdulería – a green grocery
verduras – greens/vegetables
una carnicería – butcher shop
carne – meat
una salchichonería – a deli
salchicha – sausage
una papelería – a stationary shop
papel – paper
una peluquería – a hair styling shop
pelo – hair
un salón de belleza – beauty salon
bello/a – beautiful
una barbería – barbershop
la barba – beard
una joyería – jewelry store
joyas – jewels
una mueblería – furniture store
muebles – furniture
una llantería – tire shop
llantas – tires
una abarrotería – small grocery store
abarrotes – groceries
un supermercado o un hipermercado – supermarket, you’ll also see hypermarkets in Mexico and other countries (bigger than a supermarket)
una farmacia – Pharmacy
una oficina de correos – Post Office
correos – mail
Action Steps: Identify shop names around your community or on your travels. See what other shop names you can add to this list.
Go back and practice with the word “hay” to say that there is or there isn’t one of these shops in your town.
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