How to order food in Spanish

Hey!! Ready for the daily dose of Spanish? Let's go to the Spanish restaurant! The page is separated in two parts: first, you can see some food words and then learn the phrases for ordering in a restaurant.

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1.Food vocabulary
2.Ordering food phrases
3.Ordering food in Spanish dialogue
3.1.Dialogue 1
3.2.Dialogue 2
4.Exercises
4.1.Food words in Spanish flashcards
4.2.How to order food exercise

Food vocabulary

In Spanish the words are given with definite articles, because they are important to be learnt.

Spanish	English
el zumo de manzana	apple juice
la guarnición	side dish
la cerveza	beer
el pan	bread
el espreso	espresso
el pescado	fish
la botella	bottle
la carne	meat
las verduras	vegetables
el plato principal	main dish
la sed	thirst
la hambre	hunger
el café	coffee
la zanahoria	carrot
el agua mineral	mineral water
el postre	dessert
la pasta	pasta
el zumo de naranja	orange juice
el pimiento	pepper
las patatas fritas	chips
el arroz	rice
el zumo	juice
la ensalada	salad
la sal	salt
la salsa	sauce
la carta	menu
la sopa	soup
el té	tea
el plato	plate
la propina	tip
el entrante	starter
el agua	water
el vino	wine
la salchicha	sausage
el azúcar	sugar
el alcohol	alcohol
las frutas	fruits

Ordering food phrases

In Spanish you can say "I would like" using expressions such as: "Quería", "Me gustaría". For politeness you can also use "Podría" which means "Could I".

Spanish	English
Voy a pagar la cuenta.	I take the whole bill.
¡La cuenta, por favor!	The bill, please!
¡Un momento, por favor!	Just a moment, please!
¿Ten tenéis un plato con pollo?	Do you serve a dish with chicken?
¿Ha elegido ya?	Did you choose already?
Quería pagar.	I would like to pay.
Quería...	I would like...
¿Podría tener el ..., por favor?	May I have ..., please?
¿Cuál es la oferta para hoy?	What is the daily offer?
¿Qué puede recomendar?	What can you recommend?
Le recomedaría...	I recommend you...
¿Qué le gustaría pedir?	What would you like to order?
¿Qué le gustaría comer?	What would you like to eat?
¿Qué le gustaría beber?	What would you like to drink?
Queremos pagar por separado.	We want to pay separately.

Ordering food in Spanish dialogue

Dialogue 1

Camarero: ¿Ha elegido ya? Did you choose already?

Carmen: Una sopa, ¡por favor! One soup, please!

Camarero: Bueno. Good.

Carmen: ¡Gracias! Thank you!

Dialogue 2

Paco: ¿Cuál es la oferta para hoy? What is the offer of the day?

Camarero: Plato de verduras y cerveza. Plate of vegetables and beer.

Pedro: Quería un plato de verduras, por favor. I would like a plate of vegetables, please.

Paco: Para mi, también. For me, too.

Camarero: Muy bien. OK.

Now you can watch the ordering food in Spanish video, try the exercises, use the audio and microphones or just go out to a Spanish restaurant and order!

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Exercises

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