Spanish phrasebook
At the Tapas Bar in Spanish
Practice ordering drinks and tapas at a Spanish bar. Order two soft drinks, choose your food, pick a seat and pay.
Situation: A tapas bar in Seville. Your goal: Order drinks and tapas for two and pay.
Watch the conversation
A real tapas-bar conversation in Spanish: ordering two soft drinks, croquettes and a tortilla, choosing where to sit and paying, with every line spoken and subtitled in English, then each key phrase normally, slowly, and a pause to say it yourself.
The whole conversation, line by line
Tap to hear a line. Bartender speaks first; the bold lines are what you can say. To see the lines in your own language, choose it in the language menu at the top.
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Bartender
¡Hola, buenas! ¿Qué os pongo?
Hi there! What can I get you?
You
Hola. Dos refrescos, por favor.
Hi. Two soft drinks, please.
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Bartender
Marchando dos refrescos. ¿Queréis algo de comer? Tenemos tortilla, croquetas y jamón.
Coming right up, two soft drinks. Would you like something to eat? We have tortilla, croquettes and ham.
You
Sí, una ración de croquetas y una tortilla, por favor.
Yes, a portion of croquettes and a tortilla, please.
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Bartender
¿Las croquetas de jamón o de bacalao?
The ham croquettes or the cod ones?
You
De jamón, por favor.
Ham, please.
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Bartender
Perfecto. ¿Prefieren sentarse en la barra o en una mesa?
Perfect. Would you rather sit at the bar or at a table?
You
En la barra está bien, gracias.
The bar is fine, thank you.
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Bartender
Aquí tenéis los refrescos y la tortilla. Las croquetas salen en cinco minutos.
Here are your soft drinks and the tortilla. The croquettes will be five minutes.
You
Muchas gracias. No hay prisa.
Thank you very much. There's no hurry.
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Bartender
¿Os apetece algo más? ¿Otra ronda?
Would you like anything else? Another round?
You
Sí, otra ronda, por favor. Y la cuenta después.
Yes, another round, please. And the bill afterwards.
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Bartender
Marchando. En total son diecinueve euros.
Coming right up. In total that's nineteen euros.
You
Aquí tiene veinte euros. Quédese con el cambio.
Here's twenty euros. Keep the change.
Now say it for real.
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