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You order the set lunch: what to say in Spanish
You order the set lunch.
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How it's done. In the set lunch: primero (starter: soup or salad), segundo (main: meat or fish), postre (dessert) or café; ask ¿Qué hay de menú?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 hay de menú hoy?
Keh igh deh meh-NOO oy?
What's in the set lunch today?
THEY SAY
De primero, sopa o ensalada. De segundo, pollo o merluza.Deh pree-MEH-roh, SOH-puh oh ayn-suh-LAH-duh. Deh seh-GOON-doh, POY-oh oh mehr-LOO-suh.
For starter, soup or salad. For main, chicken or hake.
They might also say:
Primero: sopa o ensalada mixta. Segundo: pollo asado o merluza.
Pree-MEH-roh: SOH-puh oh ayn-suh-LAH-duh MEEKS-tuh. Seh-GOON-doh: POY-oh uh-SAH-doh oh mehr-LOO-suh.
Starter: soup or mixed salad. Main: roast chicken or hake.
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YOU REPLY
Sopa y merluza, por favor.
SOH-puh ee mehr-LOO-suh, por fuh-BOR.
Soup and hake, please.
THEY SAY
¿Y de postre o café?Ee deh POS-treh oh kuh-FEH?
And dessert or coffee?
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YOU FINISH
Un café solo, por favor.
Oon kuh-FEH SOH-loh, por fuh-BOR.
A black coffee, please.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Marchando.Mooy byayn. Muhr-CHAHN-doh.
Very well. Coming up.
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
hay
igh
verb
there is, there are
menú
meh-NOO
noun
menu
hoy
oy
adverb
today
primero
pree-MEH-roh
adjective
first
sopa
SOH-puh
noun
soup
ensalada
ayn-suh-LAH-duh
noun
salad
15 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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