Latin Shopping Vocabulary

Here are Latin words for shopping to start with: emere (buy), charta (card), pretiosus (expensive), solvere (pay). Below are 32 words (A1–B2) with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists.

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Shopping Basics

A1–A2
EnglishLatinTypeLevel
buyemereverbA1
cardchartanounA1
expensivepretiosusadjA1
paysolvereverbA1
pricepretiumnounA1
cashpecunia numeratanounA2
cheapvilisadjA2
costconstareverbA2

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Shopping Intermediate

A1–B1
EnglishLatinTypeLevel
bagsaccusnounA1
moneypecunianounA1
pocketsacculusnounA1
sizemagnitudonounA1
creditcreditumnounA2
packfasciculusnounA2
receiptapochanounA2
bargainres bene emptanounB1

Shopping Advanced

A2–B2
EnglishLatinTypeLevel
returnreddereverbA2
consumerconsumptornounB1
retailvenditio minutarianounB1
warrantycautionounB1
acquisitionacquisitionounB2
e-commercecommercium electronicumnounB2
merchandisemerxnounB2
purchaseemptionounB2

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Cleaning Products

A2–B1
EnglishLatinTypeLevel
broomscopaenounA2
antisepticantisepticumnounB1
bleachlixiviumnounB1
detergentdetergensnounB1
disinfectantdisinficiensnounB1
fabric softeneremolliens vestiumnounB1
sanitizerunguentum purgatoriumnounB1
stain removerdetersorium macularumnounB1

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A sample of the A1–B2 words. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists show a sample of the A1–B2 words for shopping. The packs in Watch Your Language hold more and reach the advanced levels, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

Common questions

Which Latin words should I learn for shopping?

You could start with words like emere (buy), charta (card), pretiosus (expensive), solvere (pay). This page lists 32 Latin words for shopping (A1–B2), each with its English translation and part of speech.

How can I remember these Latin words?

Reading a list once is rarely enough. Watch Your Language shows Latin words like these in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and schedules repeats so the words you keep forgetting come back more often.

Are these word lists free?

Yes. The lists on this page are free to read, with no sign-up. The app holds more words for each topic.

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