Restaurant reservations Part 3: Confirming the reservation details, including date, time, and number of guests.

🇲🇽 In Mexico, restaurants often say [reservación], but you'll also hear [reserva]. Both are normal; you can use either.

💬 [Llamo] literally means [I call], but in phone situations Spanish often uses the simple present where English prefers [I'm calling]. Same pattern: [hablo para cancelar] = [I'm calling to cancel].

💬 After another verb, Spanish usually keeps the second verb in its base form: [llamo para confirmar], [voy a llegar], [quiero reservar]. You don't change [confirmar] here to match who is calling.

💬 Spanish often uses the simple present for what you're doing right now on the phone: [llamo para confirmar] literally [I call to confirm], but it means [I'm calling to confirm]. You can reuse the frame with another purpose: [llamo para cancelar].

💬 [A nombre de] is the fixed phrase for reservations, tables, and bookings: literally [in the name of], but naturally [under whose name?]. Reuse it with your own name: [A nombre de Ana López].

💬 [A nombre de] is a set phrase meaning [under the name of]. You'll use the same chunk at hotels, clinics, and restaurants: [La reservación está a nombre de Carlos Ruiz].