How to Say ‘Would you like to have a coffee?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Te gustaría tomar un café?
teh goos-tah-REE-ah toh-MAHR oon kah-FEH
[teh goos-tah-REE-ah toh-MAHR oon kah-FEH]
💬 Usage Tip: You "take" drinks in Spanish: tomar un café, tomar una cerveza. Mexicans use tomar for both eating-out drinks and drinking in general.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Te gustaría
teh goos-tah-REE-ah
Would you like
A polite way to offer or invite. Stress the 'í': gus-ta-RÍ-a.
¿Te gustaría venir?
Would you like to come?
Words in this phrase
Te
[teh]
to you
Indirect object pronoun showing that the information is being told to you.
Si quieres saber más, Te cuento sobre el equipo.
If you want to know more, I’ll tell you about the team.
gustaría
[goos-tah-REE-ah]
would like
Conditional of 'gustar'; a polite way to offer or ask preferences.
¿Le gustaría algo de tomar?
Would you like something to drink?
tomar un café?
toh-MAHR oon kah-FEH
to have a coffee?
'Tomar' means 'to drink' or 'to have.' Stress the end of 'café': ca-FÉ.
Vamos a tomar un café.
Let's go have a coffee.
Words in this phrase
tomar
[toh-MAHR]
Drink
'Tomar' is a verb meaning to drink or to take, implying consumption.
Quiero tomar agua.
I want to drink water.
un
[oon]
a
Part of un poco, a set phrase meaning a little.
Con gusto te cuento Un poco de nuestra historia.
Gladly, I’ll tell you a little about our history.
café
[kah-FEH]
coffee
A noun meaning coffee; in networking, it often implies a casual meeting.
Un café después del congreso sería buena idea.
A coffee after the conference would be a good idea.
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