The cash register in a bookshop (A1)
Marcos wants to pay for a map of Madrid by card. Elena records the sale and gives him the receipt. An A1 Spanish reading in the present tense.
La caja registradora
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Present tense, the verb querer, and payment words: cash register, card, cash, and ticket.
Marcos wants to pay for a map of Madrid streets in a bookshop. Elena enters the price on the cash register, he holds his card to the machine, and she gives him the ticket. The text says many shops in Spain take card or cash, and many people call that paper a ticket.
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la caja registradora
newthe cash register
La caja registradora is the key word for the main topic of the article — the machine where customers pay.
Essential for talking about store payments and retail work.
pagar en efectivo
newto pay in cash
pagar en efectivo means paying with physical money directly to the cashier.
Useful for describing different payment methods in a store.
dar el cambio exacto
newto give exact change
dar el cambio exacto means the cashier calculates and returns the difference between the money received and the purchase price.
Essential phrase for cash register work and understanding the payment process.
escaneo cada producto
newI scan each product
escaneo cada producto — the action of reading barcodes to add items to the bill.
Core action in cash register work.
calcular el total
newto calculate the total
calcular el total — pressing the button to get the final amount to be paid.
Key step in the payment process.
cuadrar la caja
newto reconcile the cash register
cuadrar la caja — checking that the money in the drawer matches the system sales data at the end of a shift.
Important end-of-shift task for any cashier.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Customer
el cliente
the customer
el cliente — the person who buys goods in a store. Masculine noun with definite article el.
The most common word in retail.
Receipt
el ticket
the receipt
el ticket — the paper document listing purchases and total, given after payment.
Document that confirms a purchase.
Scanner
el escáner
the barcode scanner
el escáner — device that reads barcodes and adds items to the bill.
Key component of a modern cash register.
Card terminal
el datáfono
the card payment terminal
el datáfono — device for reading bank cards. Customer inserts card and the machine verifies payment.
Used for card payments.
Discount
el descuento
the discount
el descuento — a price reduction. Can be via coupon, for employees, or on sale items.
Common in retail contexts.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense: -AR verbs
escaneo, calculo, guardo
regular -AR verbs in present
-AR verbs in present: escaneo (scan + o), calculo (calculate + o), guardo (keep/store + o). These are regular first-group verbs.
Most verbs in the article are regular -AR verbs.
Impersonal se construction
se imprime un ticket
se + verb construction
se imprime — impersonal se construction. The subject (ticket) goes after the verb: se + verb (3rd person singular).
Used to describe actions without specifying the performer.
There is / There are
Hay una pantalla donde veo los productos
hay construction
Hay una pantalla — "there is a screen". hay = there is/are. Used regardless of number: hay una pantalla (singular), hay varias partes (plural).
Essential for expressing existence and availability.
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