Day 162: Full Liters at the Gas Station
At a gas station on the highway near Querétaro, Gregorio (A), a driver, speaks to Danae (B), a young woman filling up at the next pump; Profeco is Mexico's consumer protection agency.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
Disculpe, ¿también cargó aquí? Pedí quinientos pesos y la aguja casi ni se movió.
Excuse me, did you fill up here too? I asked for five hundred pesos' worth, and the needle hardly moved.
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B
Sí, acabo de llenar, y ahora que lo dice, me cobraron 48 litros en un tanque de 45.
Yes, I've just filled up, and now that you mention it, they charged me for 48 liters in a 45-liter tank.
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A
¿Ya ve? Aquí dan litros de ochocientos mililitros, y hay que quejarse con Profeco.
You see? Here a liter is eight hundred milliliters, and we ought to complain to Profeco.
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B
Sí, pero sin ticket no hay queja que valga, y se me olvidó pedirlo.
Yes, but without a receipt no complaint will get anywhere, and I forgot to ask for one.
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A
A mí también. Busquemos en el celular una gasolinera que haya pasado la revisión de Profeco.
So did I. Let's look on our phones for a gas station that has passed a Profeco check.
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B
Mire, aquí sale una rumbo a San Juan del Río. ¿No prefiere quejarse aquí primero?
Look, there's one here on the way to San Juan del Río. Wouldn't you rather complain here first?
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A
No, a mí ya se me acabó la paciencia. Y con lo que me pusieron, a ver si llego.
No, I've run out of patience. And with what they put in, we'll see if I even get there.
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