Spanish · Cafetería / bar
You ask what there is to eat with coffee: what to say in Spanish
You ask what food there is with coffee.
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How it's done. In a bar in the morning people take a tostada, bollería (pastries), churros, tortilla; ask ¿Qué tienen de desayuno?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
¿Qué tienen para desayunar?
Keh TYEH-nayn PAH-ruh deh-suh-oo-NAHR?
What do you have for breakfast?
THEY SAY
Tostadas, croissants, churros y bocadillos.Tos-TAH-duhs, kroo-uh-SAHNS, CHOOR-ros ee boh-kuh-DEEY-os.
Toasts, croissants, churros and sandwiches.
They might also say:
Tenemos tostadas, bollería, churros y tortilla.
Teh-NEH-mos tos-TAH-duhs, boh-eh-REE-uh, CHOOR-ros ee tor-TEE-ah.
We have toasts, pastries, churros and tortilla.
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YOU REPLY
Quiero unos churros con chocolate.
KYEH-roh OO-nos CHOOR-ros kohn choh-koh-LAH-teh.
I'd like some churros with chocolate.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Un momento.Pehr-FEK-toh. Oon moh-MAYN-toh.
Perfect. One moment.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Estoy en la mesa de la ventana.
GRAH-syuhs. Es-TOY en lah MEH-suh deh lah bayn-TAH-nuh.
Thanks. I'm at the table by the window.
THEY SAY
Muy bien, se lo llevo enseguida.Mooy byayn, seh loh YEH-boh ayn-seh-GEE-duh.
Very well, I'll bring it right over.
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
tienen
TYEH-nayn
verb
have (they, you plural)
desayunar
deh-suh-oo-NAHR
verb
to have breakfast
Tostadas
Tos-TAH-duhs
noun
toasts
croissants
kroo-uh-SAHNS
noun
croissants
churros
CHOOR-ros
noun
churros (fried dough sticks)
bocadillos
boh-kuh-DEEY-os
noun
sandwiches
22 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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