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You pay separately for each person: what to say in Spanish
You pay separately for each person.
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How it's done. Separado or cada uno lo suyo is separately; todo junto together; the waiter asks ¿Junto o separado?; you can also split evenly (a medias).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
¿Junto o separado?KHOON-toh oh seh-puh-RAH-doh?
Together or separate?
They might also say:
¿Les cobro todo junto?
Les KOH-broh TOH-doh KHOON-toh?
Shall I charge it all together?
YOU REPLY
Separado, por favor. Cada uno paga lo suyo.
Seh-puh-RAH-doh, por fuh-BOR. KAH-duh OO-noh PAH-guh loh SOOY-oh.
Separate, please. Each one pays their own.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. ¿Quién paga primero?Mooy byayn. Kyayn PAH-guh pree-MEH-roh?
Very well. Who pays first?
2
YOU REPLY
Yo. Aquí tiene mi tarjeta.
Yoh. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh mee tuhr-KHEH-tuh.
I do. Here's my card.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Ahora vuelvo con el datáfono.Pehr-FEK-toh. Uh-OH-ruh boo-EL-boh kohn el duh-TAH-foh-noh.
Perfect. I'll be back with the card machine.
3
YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
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
separado
seh-puh-RAH-doh
adjective
separate
favor
fuh-BOR
noun
favour
paga
PAH-guh
verb
pays
Muy
Mooy
adverb
very
bien
byayn
adverb
well, fine
primero
pree-MEH-roh
adjective
first
19 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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