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You ask for the bread to be sliced: what to say in Spanish
You ask for the bread to be sliced.
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How it's done. At the bakery bread is sliced on request: ¿Me lo corta?, en rebanadas; entero is whole; you can ask for a bag.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
¿Me lo puede cortar, por favor?
Meh loh poo-EH-deh kor-TAHR, por fuh-BOR?
Can you slice it for me, please?
THEY SAY
Claro. ¿Fino o grueso?KLAH-roh. FEE-noh oh groo-EH-soh?
Of course. Thin or thick?
They might also say:
Por supuesto. ¿En rebanadas finas?
Por soo-poo-ES-toh. En reh-buh-NAH-duhs FEE-nuhs?
Of course. In thin slices?
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YOU REPLY
Fino, por favor.
FEE-noh, por fuh-BOR.
Thin, please.
THEY SAY
Aquí lo tiene, cortado y en bolsa.Uh-KEE loh TYEH-neh, kor-TAH-doh ee en BOL-suh.
Here you are, sliced and in a bag.
3
YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias. ¿Cuánto es?
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs. Koo-AHN-toh es?
Thank you very much. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Un euro con veinte.Oon EH-oo-roh kohn BAYN-teh.
One euro twenty.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
puede
poo-EH-deh
verb
can
cortar
kor-TAHR
verb
to cut
favor
fuh-BOR
noun
favour
Claro
KLAH-roh
adverb
of course, clear
grueso
groo-EH-soh
adjective
thick
Fino
FEE-noh
adjective
thin, fine
16 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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