Spanish for English speakers Cafe · Lesson 0

Ordering food

Order at a Spanish café — ¿Todavía hay cuernitos? (Do you still have croissants?) — and answer dulces o salados (sweet or savory) with politeness.

Conversation

  1. Bob Bob

    ¿Todavía hay cuernitos?

    Do you still have a croissant?

    Tip: <Hay> = There is/ There are When asking if there is something (which is different from asking if you can have something), the Spanish form is (literally) "there are croissants?". You might also translate it to "Are there croissants?"

  2. Kyle Kyle

    Sí. ¿Dulces o salados?

    Yes. Sweet or salty?

    Tip: <o> = Or

  3. Bob Bob

    Dulces, gracias. Con mermelada.

    Sweet, thanks. With marmalade

    Tip: <Con> = With

  4. Kyle Kyle

    Aquí tiene. Un euro y cincuenta.

    Here you are. €1,50

    Tip: <Aquí tiene> is formal, as Kyle is serving a customer. Informally, you would say <Aquí tienes> which literally would mean "here you have"

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does todavía mean?

'Still' or 'yet'. ¿Todavía hay ...? = 'do you still have ...?'. Todavía no = 'not yet'.

What is a cuernito?

Croissant (in Mexico and parts of Latin America). In Spain, called croissant or media luna. Cuernito literally means 'little horn'.

Dulce vs salado?

Dulce = sweet, salado = salty/savory. Used to describe pastries, snacks, foods. Pan dulce vs pan salado.

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