Spanish Food and Restaurant Vocabulary
Order food in a Spanish bar or restaurant with confidence. Learn everyday foods, the three main meals and key phrases like _la cuenta, por favor_ and _tengo hambre_.
The words
| 🍞 el pan | bread | Compro pan en la panadería. I buy bread at the bakery. |
| 🥚 el huevo | egg | Las gallinas ponen huevos. Hens lay eggs. |
| 🍚 el arroz | rice | La paella es un plato de arroz. Paella is a rice dish. |
| 🍗 el pollo | chicken | Hoy comemos pollo con patatas. Today we're having chicken with potatoes. |
| 🐟 el pescado | fish (food) | Compro pescado en la pescadería. I buy fish at the fishmonger's. |
| 🍎 la fruta | fruit | La manzana es mi fruta favorita. The apple is my favourite fruit. |
| 💧 el agua | water | Quiero un vaso de agua del grifo. I'd like a glass of tap water. |
| ☕ el café | coffee | Me gusta el café con leche. I like coffee with milk. |
| 🥛 la leche | milk | Las vacas dan leche. Cows give milk. |
| 🥐 el desayuno | breakfast | El desayuno es a las ocho de la mañana. Breakfast is at eight in the morning. |
| 🍽️ la comida | lunch (midday meal) | La comida es a las dos de la tarde. Lunch is at two in the afternoon. |
| 🌙 la cena | dinner | La cena es a las nueve de la noche. Dinner is at nine in the evening. |
| 📋 la carta | menu (in a restaurant) | Leo la carta y elijo un plato. I read the menu and choose a dish. |
| 🧾 la cuenta | bill (in a restaurant) | La cuenta, por favor. Pago yo. The bill, please. I'll pay. |
| quisiera... | I would like... | Quisiera una mesa para dos, por favor. I would like a table for two, please. |
| ¿qué desea? | what would you like? (waiter) | Buenos días, señora, ¿qué desea? Good morning, madam, what would you like? |
| 😋 tener hambre | to be hungry | Tengo hambre. ¿Comemos ya? I'm hungry. Shall we eat now? |
| tener sed | to be thirsty | Tengo sed. ¿Me das agua? I'm thirsty. Can you give me some water? |
| 🤵 el camarero | waiter | Pido la cuenta al camarero. I ask the waiter for the bill. |
| pedir | to order (food) | Yo pido pescado y ensalada. I order fish and salad. |
| 🥤 beber | to drink | Nosotros bebemos agua con la comida. We drink water with lunch. |
| 🥗 la ensalada | salad | La ensalada lleva lechuga y tomate. The salad has lettuce and tomato. |
| 🥩 la carne | meat | Compro carne en la carnicería. I buy meat at the butcher's. |
| 🍰 el postre | dessert | De postre quiero un helado. For dessert I'd like an ice cream. |
Learn the meals with their times
In Spain, meal times are late. Learn each meal with its time: el desayuno at 8, la comida at 2 and la cena at 9. Say it aloud: La cena es a las nueve.
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