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Food, drink and eating out
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Meals, likes and dislikes, special diets and how to order in a café or restaurant. Ordering food is also a speaking role-play setting.
Meals
el desayuno = breakfast
la comida / el almuerzo = lunch (comer = to have lunch, to eat)
la cena = evening meal
Para el desayuno tomo pan y un café. = For breakfast I have bread and a coffee.
la comida / el almuerzo = lunch (comer = to have lunch, to eat)
la cena = evening meal
Para el desayuno tomo pan y un café. = For breakfast I have bread and a coffee.
Ordering
Waiter: ¿Qué va a tomar? = What will you have?
You: Quisiera... or Para mí... = I would like... / For me...
un bocadillo de queso (cheese sandwich), un café con leche, una botella de agua (a bottle of water).
La cuenta, por favor. = The bill, please. ¿Cuánto es? = How much is it?
You: Quisiera... or Para mí... = I would like... / For me...
un bocadillo de queso (cheese sandwich), un café con leche, una botella de agua (a bottle of water).
La cuenta, por favor. = The bill, please. ¿Cuánto es? = How much is it?
Opinions and diets
Me encanta el pescado. = I love fish. Me encantan las patatas fritas. (plural, so encantan)
No me gustan las verduras.
Soy vegetariano / vegetariana (no como carne). Soy vegano / vegana.
Soy alérgico / alérgica a la leche. = I am allergic to milk.
No me gustan las verduras.
Soy vegetariano / vegetariana (no como carne). Soy vegano / vegana.
Soy alérgico / alérgica a la leche. = I am allergic to milk.
Order: I would like a cheese sandwich and a bottle of water.
- Quisiera = I would like (polite)
- a cheese sandwich = un bocadillo de queso
- a bottle of water = una botella de agua
Answer: Quisiera un bocadillo de queso y una botella de agua.
Quisiera / Para mí to order politely. La cuenta, por favor. Me encanta + singular, me encantan + plural. Soy vegetariano / vegetariana.
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