Spanish for English speakers Beach · Lesson 0

Picking an ice cream

Order ice cream at a Spanish beach kiosk — ¿Me vende un helado? (Can I have an ice cream?) — with the cono vs vaso (cone vs cup) choice.

Conversation

  1. Pishi Pishi

    ¿Me vende un helado?

    Can I have an ice cream?

    Tip: <Helado> = Ice cream

  2. Kyle Kyle

    Sí, claro. ¿Cono o vaso?

    Sure thing. Cone or cup?

    Tip: <Cono> = Cone <Vaso> = Cup

  3. Pishi Pishi

    ¡Vaso!

    Cup!

  4. Kyle Kyle

    ¿De qué sabores?

    What flavours?

    Tip: <Sabores> = flavours in plural. In singular it would be <sabor>

  5. Pishi Pishi

    Chocolate y pistache. ¡Gracias!

    Chocolate and pistachio. Thanks!!

    Tip: In certain countries you can also hear <pistacho>

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you order in Spanish?

¿Me vende ...? ('would you sell me ...?') or Quisiera ... ('I would like ...'). Both polite ways to request something.

What's the Spanish for ice cream flavors?

Helado de + flavor: helado de chocolate (chocolate), de vainilla (vanilla), de fresa (strawberry), de pistacho (pistachio).

Cono o vaso?

Cone or cup — the two standard ice cream serving options at a Spanish heladería.

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