Ordering a coffee (Advanced): The size of coffee you want.
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Key Phrases
¿Me da un americano, por favor?
Could I get an Americano, please?
Pero fíjese que ahorita se nos acabaron los vasos grandes.
But actually, we've just run out of large cups.
¿Y si me lo sirve mediano pero con una carga extra de café?
What if you made it a medium but with an extra shot?
Skills You'll Learn
Ordering drinks politely at a coffee shop
Ordenar bebidas educadamente en una cafetería
Asking about sizes and product availability
Preguntar sobre tamaños y disponibilidad de productos
Suggesting alternatives and asking for the total cost
Sugerir alternativas y pedir el total a pagar
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a coffee shop in Mexico. You want to order a big coffee that will last you all afternoon.
¡Buenas tardes! ¿Qué le preparamos?
Good afternoon! What can we make for you?
Buenas tardes. ¿Me da un americano, por favor? ¿De qué tamaños los manejan?
Good afternoon. Could I get an Americano, please? What sizes do you have?
Tenemos chico, mediano y grande. El chico es de doce onzas y el grande de veinte.
We have small, medium and large. The small is twelve ounces and the large is twenty.
¿Y el mediano de cuánto es? Quisiera uno que me aguante toda la tarde.
And how big is the medium? I'd like one that'll last me all afternoon.
El mediano es de dieciséis. Pero fíjese que ahorita se nos acabaron los vasos grandes.
The medium is sixteen. But actually, we've just run out of large cups.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
¿Qué le preparamos?
keh leh preh-pah-RAH-mohs
What can we make for you?
💬 le here means "for you", the polite form used with strangers. Swap the verb to reuse it: ¿Qué le sirvo? "What can I serve you?"
See breakdown →¿Me da un americano?
meh dah oon ah-meh-ree-KAH-noh
Can I have an americano?
🇲🇽 Word for word this is "Will you give me an americano?" It's the most normal way to order across Mexico, and with a por favor it sounds perfectly polite.
See breakdown →Por favor
pohr fah-BOHR
Please
¿Me da un americano, por favor?
meh dah oon ah-meh-ree-KAH-noh pohr fah-BOHR
Could I get an Americano, please?
¿De qué tamaños los manejan?
deh keh tah-MAH-nyohs lohs mah-NEH-hahn
What sizes do you have?
💬 manejar usually means "to drive", but in shops it means "to carry" or "to stock". You can use it the same way elsewhere: ¿Manejan leche de almendra? "Do you have almond milk?"
See breakdown →El chico es de doce onzas
el CHEE-koh ess deh DOH-seh OHN-sahs
The small one is twelve ounces
💬 Use es de plus a measurement to say how big something is. For example: es de medio litro "it's half a liter".
🇲🇽 Coffee shops in Mexico usually give cup sizes in ounces, US-style, even though the rest of daily life is metric.
See breakdown →El grande de veinte
el GRAHN-deh deh BAYN-teh
The large one is twenty
💬 es de is dropped here because it was already said in the first half of the sentence. Spanish often leaves out a verb the listener can fill in.
See breakdown →El chico es de doce onzas y el grande de veinte.
el CHEE-koh ess deh DOH-seh OHN-sahs ee el GRAHN-deh deh BAYN-teh
The small is twelve ounces and the large is twenty.
¿Y el mediano de cuánto es?
ee el meh-DYAH-noh deh KWAHN-toh ess
And how big is the medium?
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