anyone knows spanish here?

[sdani]

I need to translate shopping in spanish. Google translator translates it as "compras". But the reverse translation of "compras" is "purchases".

So, is it correct translation?

"shopping in spanish" = "compras en espanol"

Thanks
Saurabh

[ronin]

You need to describe the context in which you want to use the word.

ir de compras

is to go shopping

So voy de compras, vas de compras etc.

is I go shopping, you go shopping...

But are you looking for a verb or a noun?

[sdani]

Thanks.

I am looking for a verb, a one word translation of the act of shopping - "shop". Not shop like "store".

So, can I safely say that "cpmras en espanol" means "shop in sanish".. i.e. like

"read in spanish",
"talk in spanish"..

just like that "shop in spanish".

thanks
sdani

[tbear]

As Ronin suggested, you need to be a little more precise.
Shopping in Spanish = Comparando en Espaņol

But maybe that's not what you mean.
There is the difference between translate and interpret....

[Automan Empire]

Hoo boy! Better tread carefully here!
I remember having a new Mexican girlfriend who invited me to Thanksgiving dinner, with her parents who spoke VERY little english. I tried a crash course to learn a few Spanish phrases, by asking my co-worker to translate a few written phrases. I abandoned the effort over the en-yay character... the n with the tilde over it. My co-worker fell over laughing when I tried to say my sister was 26 years old, as the same word without the little tilde over the n has a substantially different meaning! A simple linguistic mistake could mean a social disaster; imagine it affecting your very livelyhood!

I plan to offer a spanish ecommerce site someday, but not until I can speak fluently myself!