How to Say ‘For how many people?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Para cuántas personas?
PAH-rah KWAHN-tahs pehr-SOH-nahs
[PAH-rah KWAHN-tahs pehr-SOH-nahs]
💬 Usage Tip: [Cuántas] changes to match the noun, so with [personas] you use feminine plural: [cuántas personas]. With a masculine noun, you'd switch it: [¿para cuántos niños?]
Phrase Breakdown
Para
[PAH-rah]
for
Used here to ask the group size for a reservation.
¿Para cuántas personas necesita la mesa?
For how many people do you need the table?
cuántas
[KWAHN-tahs]
how many
Asks about quantity and agrees with the feminine plural noun personas.
¿Para cuántas personas es su reservación?
For how many people is your reservation?
Personas?
pehr-SOH-nahs
people?
The noun being counted; in this context it asks how many guests there will be.
Somos tres personas.
We are three people.
Words in this phrase
personas
[pehr-SOH-nahs]
people
Refers to the guests included in the reservation.
Necesitamos una mesa para seis personas.
We need a table for six people.
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