Restaurant reservations (Advanced): Number of guests

💬 Tendrían "would you have" is a polite way to ask whether something is available. Swap the item: ¿Tendrían una mesa afuera? "Would you have a table outside?".

💬 periquera comes from perico "parrot", because the child sits up high like a bird on a perch. It's a Mexican word; elsewhere you'd hear silla alta.

💬 se stands in for le "for you" whenever it comes right before la or lo. So le la never appears; it's always se la.

🇲🇽 This is a soft, very Mexican way to bring up a condition or small problem. It cushions whatever comes next.

💬 los "you all" attaches to the end of acomodar "to seat". It can also go before a helper verb: los podemos acomodar means the same as podemos acomodarlos.

💬 Qué bueno que "how good that" is a handy Mexican starter for any welcome news: Qué bueno que vinieron "So glad you came".

💬 Literally it's "to the best", but it simply means "maybe". Mexicans use it far more than quizás.

💬 sumarse "to add oneself" means to join a group. se nos suman is literally "they add themselves to us".

🇲🇽 This is a polite way to ask for flexibility without making a demand. Mexican staff will usually find a way to accommodate you.

💬 In Mexico, apartar "to set aside" is the everyday word for holding or reserving something, whether a table, a seat, or an item in a shop.

💬 Nada más literally "nothing more" works as "just" in Mexico, softening a request. Same pattern: Nada más me firma aquí "Just sign here for me".

💬 The le here doesn't refer to anyone; it's a Mexican habit of adding le to verbs. You'll hear it in other everyday phrases too, like ¡Ándale! "Come on! / That's it!".

💬 A nombre de is how you say "under the name of" for any booking or order. It works the same way for food pickups and invoices.

💬 apartada ends in -a to match la mesa. For a male noun it would be queda apartado, as in el lugar queda apartado "the spot is reserved".

💬 After Le agradecería que, the next verb takes a softer past-looking form: confirmara, not confirma. Same pattern: que me llamara "if you could call me".

💬 A más tardar "at the latest" goes in front of any deadline: a más tardar mañana "by tomorrow at the latest".

💬 Spanish often uses the present tense for near-future plans: les llamo "I call you" means "I'll call you".

💬 The ending -ísimo/-ísima turns a word into "very much": mucho becomes muchísimo. It works on many words too, like buenísimo "really good".

🇲🇽 Pairing thanks with muy amable is a warm, very common way to close a call in Mexico. Staff will often reply a sus órdenes "at your service".

💬 Starting with Que plus tenga turns this into a wish, and tenga is the polite form for someone you call usted. Swap the ending to reuse it: Que tenga buen día "Have a good day" or Que tenga buena noche "Have a good night".

🇲🇽 Restaurant staff and hosts in Mexico say this warmly as you leave or end a call. A simple Igualmente "Likewise" or Gracias, igualmente is the natural reply.