Food & Drinks

1. La carta, por favor.

   The menu, please

   Usage

   The basic way to ask for the menu at a restaurant

   Grammar Note

   Carta is a feminine noun. It is different from menú, the set meal

2. Quiero un café con lleche.

   I want a café con leche (coffee with milk)

   Usage

   Ordering a coffee with milk at a café

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Milk is lleche; the l- of Spanish leche becomes ll-

3. La cuenta, por favor.

   The bill, please

   Usage

   Asking for the check at the end of a meal

   Grammar Note

   Cuenta is a feminine noun, spelled like Spanish

4. ¡Ta mui sabrosu!

   It's delicious!

   Usage

   Praising the food to the person who served it

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. If the dish is feminine, use sabrosa. Tar is used for temporary states

5. ¿Tenéis mesa pa dos?

   Do you have a table for two?

   Usage

   Asking whether there is a free table when you enter

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Pa means for and corresponds to Spanish para

6. Soi vexetarianu.

   I am vegetarian

   Usage

   Telling the staff you do not eat meat or fish

   Grammar Note

   A woman says Soi vexetariana. Soi is the first person singular of ser

7. Soi alérxicu a los frutos secos.

   I am allergic to nuts

   Usage

   Warning the staff about a nut allergy before ordering

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. A woman says alérxica. Frutu is masculine, with the plural frutos

8. ¿Tenéis menú del día?

   Do you have a set lunch menu?

   Usage

   Asking at lunchtime whether there is a set meal of the day

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Del is the contraction of de + el

9. ¿Cuála ye l'especialidá de la casa?

   What is the house specialty?

   Usage

   Asking which dish the restaurant is best known for

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Especialidá is feminine, so the question word is cuála. It ends in -dá, corresponding to Spanish -dad, and the article la elides to l' before a vowel

10. ¿Tenéis platos ensin gluten?

    Do you have gluten-free dishes?

    Usage

    Asking whether the kitchen has dishes without gluten

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Without is ensin, corresponding to Spanish sin

11. L'arroz

    Rice

    Usage

    One word for both raw and cooked rice; in an eatery it reads as cooked rice

    Grammar Note

    Before a masculine noun starting with a vowel, el becomes l'

12. El pan

    Bread

    Usage

    Order it as a side or use it to check what a dish is made of

    Grammar Note

    A masculine noun spelled like the Spanish one

13. El fidéu

    Noodles

    Usage

    Used for noodles in general, to name a dish or check an ingredient

    Grammar Note

    Fidéu is a masculine noun corresponding to Spanish fideo; the stress mark is on the é

14. Picante

    Spicy

    Usage

    Describes the heat of chilli; check before ordering if you dislike hot food

    Grammar Note

    Same form for masculine and feminine; spelled like Spanish

15. Dulce

    Sweet

    Usage

    For choosing something sweet or checking how sweet it is

    Grammar Note

    Same form for masculine and feminine. The spelling duce also exists

16. Crudu

    Raw

    Usage

    For meat or fish that has not been cooked

    Grammar Note

    Masculine crudu, feminine cruda; the ending -u corresponds to Spanish -o

17. El quesu

    Cheese

    Usage

    To order cheese or check whether a dish contains it

    Grammar Note

    Quesu is masculine; the ending -u corresponds to Spanish -o

18. El miel

    Honey

    Usage

    To ask for honey with a drink or bread

    Grammar Note

    Miel is mostly masculine (el miel), although la miel also occurs

19. El tofu

    Tofu

    Usage

    Useful for checking whether a dish suits a vegetarian diet

    Grammar Note

    A loanword; a masculine noun spelled like the Spanish one

20. La sopa

    Soup

    Usage

    To order soup or identify a type of dish

    Grammar Note

    A feminine noun spelled like the Spanish one

21. El yogur

    Yogurt

    Usage

    To ask for yogurt at breakfast or as a dessert

    Grammar Note

    A masculine noun spelled like the Spanish one; the plural is yogures

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