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Vocabulary

Coffee Break Spanish

Coffee Break Spanish is a podcast produced by a couple of Scots, living in Spain. The lessons are aimed more or less at beginners, and sometimes they’re a little long, but occasionally their lessons targeted at specific activities are quite good.

You can subscribe to Coffee Break Spanish through iTunes by clicking here.

Here are some links to the Coffee Break Spanish lessons for restaurant vocabulary and phrases (you may want to listen to these as you prepare your dialogs and restaurant skits):

Download Lesson 17: Getting a table in a restaurant, and looking at the menu
Download Lesson 18: Special diets, food allergies, and complaints
Download Lesson 55: Irregular verbs in the preterite indicative

You can listen directly to the podcasts by using the following controls. (The advantage to downloading the podcasts above is that you can then put them on your iPod or MP3 player for mobil use)

Lesson 17: Getting a table and looking at the menu

Lesson 18: Special diets, food allergies, and complaints

Lesson 55: Irregular verbs in the preterite indicative

Baldo: 2009-04-12

Restaurant Vocabulary

Spanish Phrase	English Approximation
ácido	tart, acidic
agria	bitter
caliente	hot (temperature)
cenar	to have dinner
¿Cuántas personas?	How many people?
¿Cuántas son?	How many are you? (formal)
la cuenta	the check
dejar la propina	to leave the tip
desear	to desire/want
dulce	sweet
la especialidad de la casa	the specialty of the house
frío	cold
¿Fumadores o no?	Smoking, or no?
me gustaría	I would like… (literally, it would be pleasing to me)
¿Hay un restaurante por aquí?	Is there a restaurant nearby?
Hay que esperar.	You have to wait (for a table).
el mesero, la mesera	the waiter, the waitress
¿Nos trae el menú?	Can you bring us the menu.
ofrecer	to offer (irregular in the 1st person singular: ofrezco, ofreces, ofrece, ofrecemos, ofrecéis, ofrencen)
para mí	for me (note the accent on the ‘i’ of mí)
pedir	to ask for, order (e –> i stem change in the present indicative: pido, pides, pide, pedimos, pedís, piden; and 3rd person preterite indicative: pedí, pediste, pidió, pedimos, pedisteis, pidieron)
picante	spicy hot
postre	dessert
primer plato	First plate (one of the regular courses in a meal in Spain, usually vegetable, pasta, or fish)
recomendar	to recommend (e –> ie stem change in the present indicative: recomiendo, recomiendas, recomienda, recomendamos, recomendáis, recomiendan)
salado	salty
segundo plato	Second plate (one of the regular courses in a meal in Spain, usually meat or rice based)
servir	to serve (e –> i stem change in the present indicative: sirvo, sirves, sirve, servimos, servís, sirven; and 3rd person preterite: serví, serviste, sirvió, servimos, servisteis, sirvieron)
Somos cuatro.	We are 4. (there are 4 of us)
tengo hambre	I’m hungry (literally, “I have hunger”)
tengo sed	I’m thirsty (literally, “I have thirst”)
tibio	lukewarm
¿Tiene una mesa?	Do you have a table?
traer	to bring (irregular in the 1st person singular: traigo, traes, trae, traemos, traéis, traen; and all forms in the preterite: traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron Note the lack of an ‘i’ in the 3rd person plural form.)
¿Quiere algo más?	Would you like anything else?
Quisiera…	I would like… (a very polite, idiomatic, way of saying “I want”)
¿Qué quiere para beber?	What would you like to drink? (This can also be: ¿Qué quiere para tomar?)
¿Qué le traigo de tomar?	What can I bring you to drink?
¿Qué están comiendo ellos?	What are they having (eating)?
¿Qué lleva este plato?	What does this dish contain?
¿Qué me recomienda?	What do you recommend (to me)?

Updated: April 13, 2009 by Mr. Herren

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