Spanish grammar
Paying: tarjeta, efectivo, cambio
Ask how to pay and understand change.
From the scene ¿Aceptas tarjeta? (Do you take cards?)
In short
Ask ¿Aceptas tarjeta? If not, pay en efectivo (cash) and get cambio (change).
- card tarjeta
- cash efectivo
- change cambio
- do you take cards? ¿aceptas tarjeta?
- I pay in cash pago en efectivo
Your turn
Which one goes with cash?
Options: tarjeta · cambio · efectivo
Show answer
cash → efectivo
How it works
Market stalls often take only cash. Ask ¿Aceptas tarjeta? (Do you take cards?).
Good to know
If not, you pay en efectivo (in cash) and get cambio (change).
card tarjeta
Nuria
¿Aceptas tarjeta?
Do you take cards?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
¿Aceptas (blank)?
Options: efectivo · cambio · tarjeta
Show answer
Nuria
¿Aceptas tarjeta?
Do you take cards?
cash efectivo
Tomás
No, no acepto tarjeta. Solo efectivo.
No, I don't take cards. Cash only.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
No, no acepto tarjeta. Solo (blank).
Options: cambio · aceptas tarjeta · efectivo
Show answer
Tomás
No, no acepto tarjeta. Solo efectivo.
No, I don't take cards. Cash only.
change cambio
Tomás
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
Mmm... I don't have change.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Mmm... no tengo (blank).
Options: cambio · tarjeta · efectivo
Show answer
Tomás
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
Mmm... I don't have change.
do you take cards? ¿aceptas tarjeta?
Nuria
¿Aceptas tarjeta?
Do you take cards?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
¿(blank)?
Options: Efectivo · Cambio · Aceptas tarjeta
Show answer
Nuria
¿Aceptas tarjeta?
Do you take cards?
I pay in cash pago en efectivo
Nuria
Vale, pago en efectivo.
Okay, I'll pay in cash.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Vale, (blank).
Options: tarjeta · cambio · pago en efectivo
Show answer
Nuria
Vale, pago en efectivo.
Okay, I'll pay in cash.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| card | tarjeta |
|---|---|
| cash | efectivo |
| change | cambio |
| do you take cards? | ¿aceptas tarjeta? |
| I pay in cash | pago en efectivo |
More lines from the story
- TomásSon quince euros.That's fifteen euros.
- TomásVeinte euros. Tu cambio... son cinco euros.Twenty euros. Your change... is five euros.