Sewing and Clothing Repairs in Spain
Simple phrases for sewing on a button, fixing a hole and taking clothes to an alterations shop.
In Spain, small fixes are done at home with aguja e hilo, and anything bigger goes to a tienda de arreglos, a small alterations shop where you can get trousers shortened, a zip replaced or a hole patched for a few euros. You leave the clothes, they tell you when they'll be ready, and you pay when you pick them up. The cards follow a morning of mending with a flatmate and a visit to the alterations shop.
- 1
Se me ha caído un botón de la camisa.
A button has come off my shirt.
- 2
¿Sabes coserlo?
Do you know how to sew it on?
- 3
¿Tienes aguja e hilo?
Have you got a needle and thread?
- 4
Enhébrame la aguja, que no veo.
Thread the needle for me, I can't see.
- 5
Haces un nudo al final.
You tie a knot at the end.
- 6
Me he pinchado el dedo.
I've pricked my finger.
- 7
Estos vaqueros tienen un agujero.
These jeans have a hole.
- 8
Podrías ponerle un parche.
You could put a patch on it.
- 9
Se ha descosido la costura.
The seam has come undone.
- 10
Mejor la llevo a la tienda de arreglos.
I'd better take it to the alterations shop.
- 11
Tengo que cortar el bajo de estos pantalones.
I need to take up these trousers.
- 12
Me quedan largos.
They're too long for me.
- 13
La cremallera está rota.
The zip is broken.
- 14
¿Me la puede cambiar?
Can you change it?
- 15
¿Cuánto me costaría?
How much will it cost?
- 16
¿Para cuándo estaría?
When will it be ready?
- 17
Puede recogerlo el jueves.
You can pick it up on Thursday.
- 18
Vengo a recoger unos pantalones.
I've come to pick up some trousers.
- 19
Ahora me quedan perfectos.
They fit perfectly now.
- 20
La ha dejado como nueva.
You've left it like new.