Spanish · Cafetería / bar
You order something to take with you: what to say in Spanish
You order something to take away.
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How it's done. Para llevar is takeaway; ask ¿Me lo pone en un vaso? or ¿Tiene tapa?; a sandwich is a bocadillo (baguette) or sándwich; bolsa is 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
Quisiera un bocadillo de jamón y un café para llevar.
Kee-SYEH-ruh oon boh-kuh-DEEY-oh deh khuh-MOHN ee oon kuh-FEH PAH-ruh yeh-BAHR.
I'd like a ham sandwich and a coffee to take away.
THEY SAY
¿El café con leche o solo?El kuh-FEH kohn LEH-cheh oh SOH-loh?
Coffee with milk or black?
They might also say:
¿Lo quiere solo o con leche?
Loh KYEH-reh SOH-loh oh kohn LEH-cheh?
Do you want it black or with milk?
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YOU REPLY
Con leche, con tapa.
Kohn LEH-cheh, kohn TAH-puh.
With milk, with a lid.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. Son cuatro con cincuenta.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Sohn koo-AH-troh kohn seen-koo-AYN-tuh.
Here you are. That's four fifty.
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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
Gracias a usted. Que tenga buen día.GRAH-syuhs uh oos-TED. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
Thank you. Have a good day.
They might also say:
Hasta luego, que le vaya bien.
AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh, keh leh BAH-ah byayn.
See you later, take care.
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
Quisiera
Kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
bocadillo
boh-kuh-DEEY-oh
noun
sandwich (in a baguette)
jamón
khuh-MOHN
noun
ham
café
kuh-FEH
noun
coffee
llevar
yeh-BAHR
verb
to carry, to take
leche
LEH-cheh
noun
milk
21 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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