Spanish · Restaurante / menú del día
You ask for the menu and drinks: what to say in Spanish
You ask for the menu and drinks.
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How it's done. La carta is the menu; el menú del día is a fixed-price set lunch (starter, main, drink, dessert or coffee); served on weekdays at lunchtime.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
Nos trae la carta, por favor.
Nos TRAH-eh lah KAHR-tuh, por fuh-BOR.
Could you bring us the menu, please.
THEY SAY
Claro. ¿Quieren algo de beber mientras tanto?KLAH-roh. KYEH-rayn AHL-goh deh beh-BEHR MYAYN-truhs TAHN-toh?
Of course. Would you like something to drink meanwhile?
They might also say:
Ahora mismo. ¿Algo de beber para empezar?
Uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh. AHL-goh deh beh-BEHR PAH-ruh em-peh-SAHR?
Right away. Something to drink to start?
2
YOU REPLY
Una botella de agua y un vino tinto de la casa.
OO-nuh boh-TEH-ah deh AH-goo-uh ee oon BEE-noh TEEN-toh deh lah KAH-suh.
A bottle of water and the house red wine.
THEY SAY
Muy bien.Mooy byayn.
Very good.
3
YOU FINISH
Gracias. Ya sabemos lo que queremos pedir.
GRAH-syuhs. Yah suh-BEH-mos loh keh keh-REH-mos peh-DEER.
Thanks. We already know what we want to order.
THEY SAY
Estupendo. Dígame.Es-too-PAYN-doh. DEE-guh-meh.
Great. Go ahead.
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
trae
TRAH-eh
verb
brings
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
favor
fuh-BOR
noun
favour
Claro
KLAH-roh
adverb
of course, clear
beber
beh-BEHR
verb
to drink
tanto
TAHN-toh
adverb
so much
25 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?
Similar situations
You order the set lunchRestaurante / menú del día · A2 in the app
→You mention an allergy or dietary restrictionRestaurante / menú del día · A2 in the app
→You ask about a dish you do not knowRestaurante / menú del día · A2 in the app
→They bring you a different dish from the one you orderedRestaurante / menú del día · B1 in the app
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