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How to Say ‘How about a beer at eight?’ in Mexican Spanish

¿Te late una cerveza a las ocho?

teh LAH-teh OO-nah ser-BEH-sah ah lahs OH-choh

[teh LAH-teh OO-nah ser-BEH-sah ah lahs OH-choh]

Phrase Breakdown

¿Te late

teh LAH-teh

Are you up for

Casual Mexican slang for 'do you feel like.' Stress the first syllable: LA-te.

Example

¿Te late un taco?

Are you up for a taco?

Words in this phrase

[teh]

to you

Indirect object pronoun showing that the information is being told to you.

Example

Si quieres saber más, Te cuento sobre el equipo.

If you want to know more, I’ll tell you about the team.

late

[LAH-teh]

appeals to / sounds good

Mexican slang from 'latir' (to beat); 'te late' means 'do you fancy it?'.

Example

¿Te late ir al cine?

Do you feel like going to the movies?

una cerveza

OO-nah ser-BEH-sah

a beer

Say it as ser-VE-sa. Mexican Spanish has no 'th' sound.

Example

Una cerveza, por favor.

A beer, please.

Words in this phrase

una

[OO-nah]

Feminine singular indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one.'

Example

Una reclutadora me dio su tarjeta hoy.

A recruiter gave me her card today.

cerveza

[ser-BEH-sah]

beer

Feminine noun for beer, very common when ordering drinks.

Example

Una cerveza bien fría, por favor.

A really cold beer, please.

a las ocho?

ah lahs OH-choh

at eight?

'A las' plus a number tells the time. Let your voice rise at the end, since it's a question.

Example

¿Nos vemos a las ocho?

Shall we meet at eight?

Words in this phrase

[ah]

Used before clock times to say when something happens.

Example

Salgo a las cinco.

I leave at five.

las

[lahs]

the

Plural definite article used with plural nouns like 'gracias.'

Example

"las" palabras de tu mensaje fueron muy profesionales.

The words in your message were very professional.

ocho

[OH-choh]

eight

The number 8.

Example

Tengo ocho primos.

I have eight cousins.

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