Spanish · Cafetería / bar
You order a coffee at a bar: what to say in Spanish
You order a coffee at a bar.
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How it's done. Coffee in Spain is ordered by type: café solo (espresso), cortado (with a drop of milk), café con leche, americano; with it people often take a tostada or croissant.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Buenos días. ¿Qué le pongo?Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. Keh leh POHN-goh?
Good morning. What can I get you?
They might also say:
Hola, buenas. ¿Qué va a tomar?
OH-luh, boo-EH-nuhs. Keh bah uh toh-MAHR?
Hello. What will you have?
YOU REPLY
Un café con leche y una tostada con tomate, por favor.
Oon kuh-FEH kohn LEH-cheh ee OO-nuh tos-TAH-duh kohn toh-MAH-teh, por fuh-BOR.
A coffee with milk and a tomato toast, please.
THEY SAY
¿Para tomar aquí o para llevar?PAH-ruh toh-MAHR uh-KEE oh PAH-ruh yeh-BAHR?
To have here or to take away?
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YOU REPLY
Aquí, gracias.
Uh-KEE, GRAH-syuhs.
Here, thanks.
THEY SAY
Marchando.Muhr-CHAHN-doh.
Coming up.
3
YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que aproveche.Deh NAH-duh. Keh uh-proh-BEH-cheh.
You're welcome. Enjoy.
They might also say:
Con mucho gusto. Que aproveche.
Kohn MOO-choh GOOS-toh. Keh uh-proh-BEH-cheh.
My pleasure. Enjoy.
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
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
pongo
POHN-goh
verb
I put
café
kuh-FEH
noun
coffee
leche
LEH-cheh
noun
milk
tostada
tos-TAH-duh
noun
toast
20 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?
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!
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