Spanish · Panadería
You buy morning pastries: what to say in Spanish
You buy morning pastries.
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How it's done. Pastries: napolitana (with chocolate), palmera, ensaimada, croissant, magdalena (cupcake), rosquilla; you take several: tres napolitanas.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
Póngame tres napolitanas y dos croissants.
POHN-guh-meh tres nuh-poh-lee-TAH-nuhs ee dos kroo-uh-SAHNS.
Give me three napolitanas and two croissants.
THEY SAY
¿Algo más? ¿Magdalenas?AHL-goh mahs? Muhg-duh-LEH-nuhs?
Anything else? Muffins?
They might also say:
¿Quiere alguna magdalena también?
KYEH-reh uhl-GOO-nuh muhg-duh-LEH-nuh tuhm-BYAYN?
Do you want a magdalena too?
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YOU REPLY
No, con eso está bien. ¿Cuánto es?
Noh, kohn EH-soh es-TAH byayn. Koo-AHN-toh es?
No, that's fine. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Cuatro con veinte.Koo-AH-troh kohn BAYN-teh.
Four twenty.
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YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. Muchas gracias.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Here you are. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
A usted. Hasta luego.Uh oos-TED. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thank you. See you later.
They might also say:
De nada. Que tenga buen día.
Deh NAH-duh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
You're welcome. Have a good day.
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
Póngame
POHN-guh-meh
verb
give me, put me
napolitanas
nuh-poh-lee-TAH-nuhs
noun
napolitanas (chocolate pastries)
croissants
kroo-uh-SAHNS
noun
croissants
más
mahs
adverb
more
No
Noh
adverb
no
está
es-TAH
verb
is, is located
17 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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