Ordering a coffee: The size of coffee you want.
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Key Phrases
¿Puedo pedir?
Can I order?
Con un poco de leche
With a little milk
¿Algo más?
Anything else?
Skills You'll Learn
Ordering a coffee
Ordenar un café
Asking about sizes and options
Preguntar por tamaños y opciones
Polite conversation at a café
Conversación educada en un café
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a café in Mexico and you want to order a coffee. Engage in a short conversation with the barista, who will guide you through the options and help you customize your order.
Hola, ¿puedo pedir un café, por favor?
Hello, can I order a coffee, please?
Claro, ¿qué tamaño te gustaría?
Sure, what size would you like?
¿Qué tamaños tienes?
What sizes do you have?
Tenemos pequeño, mediano y grande.
We have small, medium, and large.
Me gustaría un café mediano.
I would like a medium coffee.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hi
¿Puedo?
PWEH-doh
Can I?
Pedir
peh-DEER
Order
💬 [Pedir] is the general verb for ordering food or drinks. In a café you can reuse it with other things too: [pedir un té], [pedir una torta].
See breakdown →¿Puedo pedir?
PWEH-doh peh-DEER
Can I order
💬 [Puedo] literally means [can I], and Spanish often uses it to make a request sound polite. The same pattern works with other verbs: [¿Puedo pagar?] or [¿Puedo pasar?].
See breakdown →Un
OON
A
Café
kah-FEH
Coffee
Un café
OON kah-FEH
A coffee
Por
POR
Please
Favor
fah-VOR
Favor
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