Café & Drinks

1. Una cerveza, por favor.

   A beer, please.

   Usage

   The basic way to order a beer at a bar or restaurant

   Grammar Note

   Spelled and ordered like Spanish; una plus the drink is enough to order, and the same pattern works for any drink. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. Un café con lleche, por favor.

   A coffee with milk, please.

   Usage

   A classic order for milky coffee at a morning café

   Grammar Note

   "Milk" is lleche, with ll- (Spanish leche), and is feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. Un vasu de vinu tintu, por favor.

   A glass of red wine, please.

   Usage

   Used to order a glass of red wine; for white, say vinu blancu

   Grammar Note

   Vinu and tintu take -u (Spanish vino tinto), and vasu means a glass or tumbler. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. Agua mineral ensin gas, por favor.

   Still mineral water, please.

   Usage

   Used to order still water; replace ensin with con for sparkling

   Grammar Note

   "Without" is ensin (not sin); "sparkling" is con gas. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. ¿Pue traenos otra ronda?

   Can you get us another round?

   Usage

   Used with a group to order the same drinks all over again

   Grammar Note

   "Us" is attached to the verb as -nos (traenos), and pue is the 3rd person of poder, a polite request to staff. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. Una botella de sidra pa dos, por favor.

   A bottle of cider for two, please.

   Usage

   How to order Asturias' signature dry cider to share; it is often served by escanciar, poured from a height

   Grammar Note

   "For" is the short form pa (not para); sidra is feminine and spelled like Spanish. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. Un zusmiu de naranxa natural, por favor.

   A fresh-squeezed orange juice, please.

   Usage

   A classic order for freshly squeezed orange juice at breakfast or a café

   Grammar Note

   "Juice" is zusmiu (not zumo) and "orange" is naranxa (x = /ʃ/). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. ¿Tenéis bébores ensin alcohol?

   Do you have non-alcoholic drinks?

   Usage

   Used by non-drinkers to ask for alcohol-free options at a bar or restaurant

   Grammar Note

   "Drinks" is bébores (singular bébora) and "without" is ensin; tenéis addresses the staff as a group. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. La cuenta, por favor.

   The bill, please.

   Usage

   Asked at a bar or café when you are ready to pay

   Grammar Note

   Spelled like Spanish; por favor softens the request. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. Ensin xelu.

    No ice.

    Usage

    Added when ordering a drink to ask for it without ice

    Grammar Note

    "Ice" is xelu, a different form from Spanish hielo; "with ice" is con xelu.

11. L'agua mineral

    Mineral water

    Usage

    Point at the menu to ask for mineral water

    Grammar Note

    Agua is feminine and the article contracts to l'agua. Add ensin gas or con gas for still or sparkling.

12. L'agua caliente

    Hot water

    Usage

    Ask for it for baby formula, instant noodles or taking medicine

    Grammar Note

    Caliente has one form for both genders; agua is feminine but the article contracts to l'agua.

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