{"id":11886,"date":"2018-10-03T07:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T07:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/2018\/10\/03\/great-phrases-to-use-in-bars-and-restaurants\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T07:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T07:25:30","slug":"great-phrases-to-use-in-bars-and-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/great-phrases-to-use-in-bars-and-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Phrases to use in  Bars and Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Great Phrases to use in Bars and Restaurants<\/h1>\n<h3>So, here I go again with the need of practicing what you have learned in your Spanish lessons.<\/h3>\n<p>To practice is also to speak out all the words you have recently acquired and to repeat the structures and sentences you have been working with at school, by practicing all this vocabulary and structures will get fixed and they will enlarge your communication competence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11522\" src=\"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants.jpg\" alt=\"learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants\" width=\"1000\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-400x276.jpg 400w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-500x346.jpg 500w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-600x415.jpg 600w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-700x484.jpg 700w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants-800x553.jpg 800w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eating out is maybe the most typical situation where you will need to use your Spanish language skills. However, my students usually complaint about the impossibility of speaking Spanish at bars and restaurants, as all their attempts in Spanish get an English response from the staff. Well, there is a reason for this and also a solution: waiters are working, so they don\u2019t have time to hang out with their customers; the solution \u2013just say you don\u2019t speak English, they probably won\u2019t speak any other foreign language, but if they do just say you speak for example Korean, there are little chances to find a Korean speaker waiter in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can put into practice your Spanish skills. Depending if you are in a bar or in a restaurant the language register is different and also the expressions.<\/p>\n<h4>Sample phrases to use in a bar. In a bar Spaniards use a more colloquial language<\/h4>\n<h4>\u2022 Ordering drinks<\/h4>\n<p>1. \u00bfMe pones una ca\u00f1a? (Could I have a beer please?)<br \/>\n2. \u00bfNos puede traer tres ca\u00f1as? (Could you bring us 3 beers please?)<br \/>\n3. Dos gin tonics por favor (2 gin &amp; tonics please)<br \/>\n4. Un tinto y una cerveza (a red wine and a beer please)<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 Asking for something to eat.<\/h4>\n<p>1. \u00bfQue hay para picar? (What is there in the way of snacks?)<br \/>\n2. \u00bfTen\u00e9is tapas? (Do you have tapas?)<br \/>\n3. \u00bfQu\u00e9 ten\u00e9is para picar? (Do you have any snacks?)<br \/>\n4. \u00bfMe traes la carta por favor? (Could you bring me the menu please?)<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 Ordering tapas<\/h4>\n<p>1. \u00bfNos puede traer unas aceitunas? (Could you bring us some olives please?)<br \/>\n2. Ponme unas aceitunas por favor (Some olives please)<br \/>\n3. Una tapa de queso (a tapa of cheese)<br \/>\n4. Nos pone una tapa de boquerones y una de jam\u00f3n (Could we have a tapa of boquerones and one of ham please?)<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 Paying the bill<\/h4>\n<p>1. \u00bfCu\u00e1nto te debo? (How much do I owe you?)<br \/>\n2. \u00bfMe puedes cobrar? (Could I pay please?)<br \/>\n3. La cuenta, por favor. (The bill\/check please)<\/p>\n<h4>In the restaurant we use a more formal language<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11526\" src=\"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish.jpg\" alt=\"learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-and-restaurants\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/learn-spanish-in-marbella-spanish-phrases-in-bars-marbella-spanish.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 Talking about making a table reservation<\/h4>\n<p>1. Quer\u00edamos reservar una mesa para dos a las diez, por favor \u2013 (We wanted to reserve a table for two at 10pm please)<br \/>\n2. Quer\u00edamos reservar una mesa para dos a nombre de Smith, por favor \u2013 (We wanted to reserve a table for two in the name of Smith please)<br \/>\n3. Tenemos reserva a nombre de Smith \u2013 (We have a reservation in the name of Smith)<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 Arriving without a reservation<\/h4>\n<p>1. Buenas noches, somos dos para comer. \u2013 (Good afternoon, there are two of us for lunch)<br \/>\n2. Buenas tardes, \u00bfse puede comer? \u2013 (Good afternoon, do you do lunch?)<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 Useful Spanish phrases for vegetarians<\/h4>\n<p>1. Soy vegetariano \u2013 (I am vegetarian)<br \/>\n2. \u00bfEste plato lleva carne? \u2013 (Does this dish contain meat?)<\/p>\n<h4>\u2022 The check and paying.<\/h4>\n<p>1. La cuenta, por favor. \u2013 (the check\/bill please)<br \/>\n2. Cuando pueda, la cuenta, por favor \u2013 (the check\/bill please, when you have a moment)<br \/>\n3. \u00bfNos puede traer la cuenta, por favor? \u2013 (Could you bring us the check\/bill please?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Phrases to use in Bars and Restaurants So, here I go again with the need of practicing what you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,214,215,216,186,217,218],"tags":[251,238,240,242],"class_list":["post-11886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aprender-espanol-en-marbella-2-es","category-escuela-espanol-en-marbella-2-es","category-learn-spanish-in-marbella-2-es","category-spanish-classes-marbella-2-2-es","category-spanish-classes-marbella-es-2","category-spanish-language-courses-marbella-2-es","category-spanish-lessons-marbella-es-2","tag-aprender-espanol-es","tag-learn-spanish-in-marbella-es-2","tag-spanish-classes-in-marbella-es","tag-spanish-lessons-in-marbella-es-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misslanguages.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}