What they'll say
What waiters say in Spanish
What waiters say in Spanish, from the greeting to the bill: the questions you will hear in a café or restaurant.
Buenas, ¿en qué les puedo ayudar?
Hi, how can I help you?
Also heard: Argentina & Uruguay: Buenas, ¿en qué te puedo ayudar? · Spain: Buenos días, ¿en qué puedo ayudarle?
¿Qué van a tomar?
What would you like to drink?
¿Algo más?
Anything else?
¿Para acá o para llevar?
For here or to go?
Also heard: Spain: ¿Para tomar aquí o para llevar?
¿Cómo va a pagar?
How would you like to pay?
¿Efectivo o tarjeta?
Cash or card?
¿Ya saben qué van a pedir?
Do you know what you'd like?
Enseguida se lo traigo.
I'll bring it right away.
¿Todo bien?
Everything okay?
¿Les traigo la cuenta?
Shall I bring the bill?
Perdón, no nos queda.
Sorry, we're out of that.
¿Cuántos son?
How many of you?
Siéntense donde quieran.
Sit wherever you like.
¿Con hielo?
With ice?
¿Se lo caliento?
Shall I heat it up?
Son quinientos pesos.
That's five hundred pesos.
Ya se lo llevo.
I'm bringing it over.
¿Todo junto o separado?
Together or separate?
Que aproveche.
Enjoy your meal.
Disculpe la demora.
Sorry for the wait.
¡Uy, perdón! ¿Para acá o para llevar?
Oh, sorry! For here or to go?
Also heard: Spain: ¡Uy, perdón! ¿Para tomar aquí o para llevar?
Son cinco.
That's five.
¿Y de plato principal?
And for the main?
Also heard: Spain: ¿Y de segundo?
¿Cómo quiere el bife?
How would you like the steak?
Also heard: Spain: ¿Cómo quiere el filete?
Pagas en el mostrador.
You pay at the counter.
Also heard: Argentina & Uruguay: Pagás en el mostrador. · Spain: Se paga en el mostrador.
If you didn't understand
Say one of these – it keeps the conversation in Spanish.
Disculpe, ¿me repite eso?
Excuse me, could you repeat that?
Más despacio, por favor.
Slower, please.
No entendí.
I didn't understand.
Also heard: Spain: No lo he entendido.
¿Cómo?
Sorry?
¿Qué significa eso?
What does that mean?
In Carpi you practise exactly these sentences – in the other direction too.
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Every sentence comes from the Carpi app, in three varieties. Pick the Spanish you want to understand; where another variety says it differently, you see that below the sentence – as information, not as a correction.
Questions
Where do these sentences come from?
From the Carpi app. They are the sentences the app uses for listening practice, in the Spanish of Argentina, Latin America and Spain.
Why learn what others say?
In real conversations you speak less than you listen. If you know the typical questions of a waiter or a shop assistant, you understand them the first time.
What if I still don't understand?
Use one of the sentences under "If you didn't understand". Asking again is normal and keeps the conversation in Spanish.
Is this free?
Yes. The pages are free to use, without an account.