Coffee at a Spanish Bar
Order, customise and pay for coffee the way people do at a neighbourhood bar in Spain.
In Spain coffee is usually drunk at the bar counter of a neighbourhood bar, not in a big chain: quick, small and cheap. People order with '¿me pones...?', specify the milk temperature or ask for it in a glass, and colleagues often take turns paying. The cards follow a morning coffee with a colleague in Madrid, settling the bill and a coffee after lunch.
- 1
¿Me pones un café con leche, por favor?
Can I get a coffee with milk, please?
- 2
Para mí, un cortado.
A cortado for me.
- 3
Un café solo, sin azúcar.
Just a black coffee, no sugar.
- 4
¿El descafeinado es de máquina o de sobre?
Is the decaf from the machine or a sachet?
- 5
¿Tenéis leche de avena?
Do you have oat milk?
- 6
Con la leche templada, por favor.
With the milk lukewarm, please.
- 7
En vaso, si puede ser.
In a glass, if possible.
- 8
Para llevar.
To take away.
- 9
Y una tostada con tomate.
And a toast with tomato.
- 10
¿Nos quedamos en la barra o en una mesa?
Shall we stay at the bar or get a table?
- 11
En la barra sale más barato que en la terraza.
It's cheaper at the counter than on the terrace.
- 12
¿Qué te debo?
How much do I owe you?
- 13
Invito yo.
It's on me.
- 14
Ni hablar, la próxima la pago yo.
No way, I'll get the next one.
- 15
¿Te apetece un café después de comer?
Do you fancy a coffee after lunch?
- 16
Yo me tomo el café de pie, rapidito.
I have my coffee standing up, quickly.
- 17
Un café por la tarde me quita el sueño.
Coffee in the afternoon keeps me awake.
- 18
Es el mejor café del barrio.
It's the best coffee in the neighbourhood.
- 19
¿Nos traes la cuenta?
Can you bring us the bill?
- 20
¿Dejamos algo de propina?
Shall we leave a bit of a tip?