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A table for one person/two people, please.
Una mesa para una persona/dos personas, por favor. (OO-nah MAY-sah pah-rah OO-nah pehr-SOH-nah / dohss pehr-SOH-nahs pohr fah- BOHR)
Can I look at the menu, please?
¿Puedo ver el menú, por favor? (PWAY-doh behr ehl meh-NOO pohr fah-BOHR?)
Can I look in the kitchen?
¿Puedo entrar a la cocina?
Is there a house specialty?
¿Hay alguna especialidad de la casa?
Is there a local specialty?
¿Hay alguna especialidad regional/de la zona?
I’m a vegetarian.
Soy vegetariano/a.
I don’t eat pork.
No como cerdo.
I only eat kosher food.
Sólo como comida kosher. (In a restaurant they will stare at you, since “kosher” is as Spanish as “empanada” is English.)
Can you make it “lite”, please? (less oil/butter/lard)
¿Puede poner poco aceite/poca mantequilla/poca grasa?
fixed-price meal
menú del día
à la carte
a la carta
breakfast
desayuno
lunch
comida (Spain, Mexico), almuerzo (South America)
dinner or supper
cena (everywhere)
I want _____.
Quiero _____.
I want a dish containing _____.
Quisiera un plato que lleve _____.
chicken
pollo. (POH-yoh)
beef
ternera (tehr-NEH-rah), vacuno (bah-KOO-noh), res (rehss)
fish
pescado (pehs-KAH-doh)
ham
jamón (hah-MOHN)
sausage
salchicha (sahl-CHEE-chah), vienesa (byeh-NAY-sah)
cheese
queso
eggs
huevos
salad
ensalada
(fresh) vegetables
verdura (fresca)
(fresh) fruit
fruta (fresca)
bread
pan
toast
tostada
noodles
fideos
rice
arroz
beans
alubias , porotos, frijoles, judías, habichuelas
May I have a glass of _____?
¿Me puede poner/traer un vaso de _____?
May I have a cup of _____?
¿Me puede poner/traer una taza de _____?
May I have a bottle of _____?
¿Me puede poner/traer una botella de _____?
coffee
café
tea (drink)
té
juice
zumo , jugo
water
agua
(bubbly) water
agua con gas (if you say agua, if you ask at the bar, it will be tap water (for free), at the table it is normally bottled); Agua mineral is bottled water
beer
cerveza
red/white wine
vino tinto/blanco
May I have some _____?
¿Me puede dar un poco de _____?
salt
sal
black pepper
pimienta
butter
mantequilla , manteca (in Argentina)
Excuse me, waiter? (getting attention of server’)
¡camarero! (Spain), ¡mesero! (Latin America), ¡mozo! (Argentina)
I’m finished.
He acabado, terminé (The first phrase can refer to the finishing of a completely unrelated physiological activity)
It was delicious.
Estaba delicioso/muy bueno/muy rico (Arg.).
Please clear the plates.
Puede llevarse los platos.
The check, please.
La cuenta, por favor.

Note that you must ask for the bill. A gringo was known to have waited until 2 in the morning because he was too shy to ask :).

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Do you serve alcohol?
¿Hay alcohol?
Is there table service?
¿Hay servicio a la mesa?
A beer/two beers, please.
Una cerveza/dos cervezas, por favor.
A glass of red/white wine.
Un vaso de vino tinto/blanco.
A pint (of beer)
Una jarra de cerveza (normally it will be half a liter, not really a pint, but the size is similar); In Chile or Argentina un schop might be anywhere from 300cc to one liter, in Spain the common is a caña which is 20 cl in a tube glass, also you can ask for un quinto (20 cl bottle) or un tercio (33 cl bottle)
A glass of draft beer
Un schop (oon SHOHP) (Only in Chile and Argentina), in Spain you can ask for Cerveza negra, not very common in spanish Bares, but easy to find in Pubs (Pub=small club where just drinks are served).
_____ (hard liquor) and _____ (mixer).
_____ con _____. In Spain, Cubata is Coke with whiskey
A bottle.
Una botella.
whiskey
whisky (WEESS-key)
vodka
vodka
rum
ron
water
agua
tonic water
agua tónica
orange juice
zumo/jugo de naranja
Coke (soda)
Coca-Cola
Do you have any bar snacks?
¿Tiene algo para picar? (In Spain they will give you tapas, depends a lot on the bar.)
One more, please.
Otro/a ______, por favor.
Another round, please.
Otra ronda, por favor.
When is closing time?
¿Cuándo cierran?
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