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¿Cuánto cuesta? — prices
Module 2 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 14 of 30: Money gives numbers a job: ¿Cuánto cuesta? On this page: 10 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
¿cuánto cuesta?
how much does it cost?
KWAHN-toh KWEHS-tah
cuesta cincuenta pesos
it costs fifty pesos
KWEHS-tah seen-KWEHN-tah PEH-sohs
el peso
the peso
ehl PEH-soh
el dólar
the dollar
ehl DOH-lar
caro
expensive (m)
KAH-roh
cara
expensive (f)
KAH-rah
barato
cheap (m)
bah-RAH-toh
barata
cheap (f)
bah-RAH-tah
el dinero
the money
ehl dee-NEH-roh
la tienda
the store
lah TYEHN-dah
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Money gives numbers a job: ¿Cuánto cuesta? — Cuesta cincuenta pesos. The peso is the money of Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and more; other countries use the dólar, and Spain the euro. For several things ask ¿cuánto cuestan?
Y también · And also
Es caro (it is expensive) and es barato (it is cheap) are the two opinions every shopper needs — and both agree: una mesa cara, un libro barato.
Ojo · Watch out
cuesta for one thing, cuestan for several: ¿cuánto cuesta el libro? but ¿cuánto cuestan los libros?. And caro agrees like any adjective: la mesa es cara.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with ¿cuánto cuesta?.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 14 in Module 2 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.