How to Say “How Much” in Mexican Spanish

¿Cuánto?
general, Mexico
In Mexico "how much" is ¿Cuánto? To ask a price say ¿Cuánto cuesta?, and at a market or food stall Mexicans often use ¿A cómo?, as in ¿A cómo el kilo?
Meaning: question about price or quantity (phrase)

Ways to say it

“How Much” in Mexican
Mexican Note
¿Cuánto? general, Mexico
¿Cuánto cuesta? price
¿A cómo? market price, Mexico

In shops ¿Cuánto es? is the common way to ask the total. At a street stall ¿Cuánto cuesta? or ¿A cómo? both work.

Which one should you use?

¿A cómo? asks the price per unit, for example per kilo, and sounds natural at a market. ¿Cuánto cuesta? fits one item.

How does it change in a sentence?

Cuánto changes with the noun. Say ¿Cuánta agua? and ¿Cuántos tacos? to match gender and number.

Did you know?

  • Vendors in Mexico often call customers güero or güera as a friendly term, even when the person is not fair skinned.

Examples in context

  • ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?
    How much does this cost?
  • ¿A cómo el kilo de tomate?
    How much is a kilo of tomatoes?
  • ¿Cuánto es en total?
    How much is it in total?

Example conversation

Mónica buys fruit from a vendor at a tianguis in Guadalajara.

  1. Mónica

    Buenos días, ¿a cómo el kilo de mango?
    Good morning, how much is a kilo of mango?
  2. Vendedor

    A treinta pesos, güerita.
    Thirty pesos, miss.
  3. Mónica

    Deme dos kilos, ¿cuánto es?
    Give me two kilos, how much is it?
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