"The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker..." - places to go shopping

When you want to go shopping, there are a number of places to go. Here are just a few:

General shopping
the mall: el centro comercial, le centre commercial, il centro commerciale
the supermarket: el supermercado, le supermarché, il supermercato
the market: el mercado, le marché, il mercato
the shop: la tienda, le magasin, il negozio

Note that a market is often of the open-air variety, like a farmer's market. Supermarkets are similar to the larger American chain grocery stores. Malls are generally like our own, but may sometimes feel more like department stores. And shops come in all varieties to meet all needs. A few of the more common shops are noted below.

Specific stores
the bakery: la panaderia, la boulangerie, il panificio
the bookstore: la libreria, la librairie, la libreria
the butcher shop: la carniceria, la boucherie, la macellaria
the drugstore: la farmacia, la pharmacie, la farmacia
the grocery store: los abarrotes, l'épicerie, la drogheria

Grocery stores sell... groceries. And usually basic household goods - soap, toilet paper, etc. Drugstores sell medicinal products. And that's about it. Neither fits the model of the modern convenience store, or even the old general store. For general purpose shopping, the American 7-11 outdoes most stores you'll find in Western Europe. Supermarkets are better, but still not on par with the likes of Rite Aid and Walgreens. In brief, what we do in one stop in the U.S. is probably going to require two or three in Europe. Europeans will tell you that the greater quality and variety of the butcher shop and bakery trump the convenience of running to the meat counter and bakery section of a supermarket. Whether convenience or specialization is paramount is, of course, a matter of opinion.

Memory hints for selected words:
mall = commercial center
market is like mercantile and merchant, as well as market
panaderia is where they make pan, i.e. bread
panificio is also a place to make pan, bread
librettos are "little books"; you sell them at the libreria/librairie/libreria
carnivores get their meat at the carniceria; the butcher works at the boucherie
the drugstore and the pharmacy are the same thing