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At the café

Coffee in Spain has its own vocabulary — and ordering it wrong is the fastest way to out yourself as a tourist.

Quick answer

Un café con leche, por favor.

The safest order anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world.

The words

SpanishEnglish
un café soloan espresso
un cortadoespresso with a dash of milk
un café con lechecoffee with milk
un descafeinadoa decaf
un café con hieloespresso with ice on the side
el azúcarsugar
la sacarinasweetener
la tazathe cup
el vasothe glass
la barrathe bar counter
la terrazathe terrace
un téa tea
una tostadatoast
un zumoa juice
la propinathe tip

The phrases you will actually say

¿Me pones un cortado?Can I get a cortado? — how locals order.
Para tomar aquí.To drink in.
Para llevar.To take away.
¿Cuánto es?How much is it?
Quédese con el cambio.Keep the change.

Worth knowing

In Spain, coffee at the bar is cheaper than at a table, and a table on the terrace costs more again. Nobody will tell you — the price list on the wall has three columns.

Practice

Practise your café words

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You want an espresso with a splash of milk. You order:

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