Paying for things
El pago is the payment, the noun behind pagar. You make one with hacer: hacer el pago. Shops and bars talk about el pago con tarjeta and el pago en efectivo.
| This bar doesn't accept payment by card. | Este bar no acepta el pago con tarjeta. |
That is rare today: card payment is normal in Spain, even for a coffee.
| I've made the rent payment today. | Hoy he hecho el pago del alquiler. |
What's included, and what's extra
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| incluir | to include |
| aparte | separately, on its own |
| aparte de | apart from |
| la unidad | the unit, one item |
Incluir adds a y in most present-tense forms: incluyo, incluye, incluyen, but incluimos.
| Does the price include breakfast? | ¿El precio incluye el desayuno? |
Anything not included is usually paid aparte, on its own:
| The menu doesn't include the drink; you pay for it separately. | El menú no incluye la bebida; la pagas aparte. |
Aparte de means apart from:
| Apart from the price, the hotel is perfect. | Aparte del precio, el hotel es perfecto. |
Per item, pounds and averages
Shops often give a price per item with la unidad: un euro la unidad is one euro each.
| The baguettes cost one euro per unit. | Las barras cuestan un euro la unidad. |
La libra is the British pound. With cambiar, por marks what you get in exchange:
| I exchanged a hundred euros for pounds at the airport. | Cambié cien euros por libras en el aeropuerto. |
La media is the everyday word for an average, and de media means on average:
| On average, we spend a hundred euros on food every week. | De media, gastamos cien euros cada semana en comida. |
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