How to Say ‘Can you bring me a coffee?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Me trae un café?
meh TRAH-eh oon kah-FEH
[meh TRAH-eh oon kah-FEH]
Phrase Breakdown
¿Me trae
meh TRAH-eh
Could you bring me
It literally means 'Do you bring me'. This is a polite request to a server. 'Trae' has two vowels: meh-TRAH-eh.
¿Me trae la cuenta?
Could you bring me the check?
Words in this phrase
Me
[meh]
to me
Indirect object pronoun showing who is affected or who cares.
En «Me importa mucho.», «Me» indica a la persona que siente interés.
In “It matters to me a lot,” “Me” shows the person who cares.
trae
[TRAH-eh]
you bring
Formal 'you' (usted) form of traer, to bring; used to politely request something.
¿Me trae la carta?
Could you bring me the menu?
un café?
oon kah-FEH
a coffee?
Stress the last syllable: oon-kah-FEH, with rising intonation.
Un café de olla, por favor.
A pot-brewed Mexican coffee, please.
Words in this phrase
un
[oon]
a
Part of un poco, a set phrase meaning a little.
Con gusto te cuento Un poco de nuestra historia.
Gladly, I’ll tell you a little about our history.
café
[kah-FEH]
coffee
A noun meaning coffee; in networking, it often implies a casual meeting.
Un café después del congreso sería buena idea.
A coffee after the conference would be a good idea.
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