Flirting at the bar Part 2 (Advanced): Suggest moving to a quieter spot in the bar to continue talking.

💬 A + el always merges into al. The same happens in voy al baño "I'm going to the toilet".

💬 After ¿te apetece que...? the verb changes shape: nos movemos becomes nos movamos. Same swap: ¿te apetece que salgamos? "fancy going out?"

🇪🇸 ¿Te apetece? is the light, low-pressure way to suggest something in Spain. It lets the other person say no easily, which suits a flirt.

💬 Se está + adjective describes how a place feels to be in, not how a person is. You can swap the adjective: aquí se está bien "it's nice here".

💬 Tiradas ends in -as because it agrees with las, meaning female friends. For a mixed or male group it would be dejarlos tirados.

🇪🇸 Walking away from the friends you came with is frowned upon in Spain. Saying you don't want to leave them stranded shows good manners.

💬 Normal here means "understandable" or "fair enough", not "ordinary". You'd use it to show you accept someone's reason.

💬 In commands, les "them" attaches to the end of the verb, and an accent appears to keep the stress in place: avisa becomes avísales.

💬 vale is Spain's all-purpose "okay". It's very common in Spain but sounds distinctly Spanish in Latin America.

💬 When le or les meets lo, it turns into se: you'd expect decirles lo, but it becomes decírselo. Same pattern in dárselo "to give it to them".

🇪🇸 Vale is Spain's all-purpose "okay" and you'll hear it constantly. Latin Americans recognise it as distinctly Spanish.

💬 Voy + an -ando/-iendo verb means "I'll start on it while you do your thing": voy pidiendo "I'll start ordering". Be careful in Latin America, where coger is vulgar; in Spain it simply means "grab".

💬 Hace + a stretch of time means "ago". You can swap the time: hace dos días "two days ago".

💬 A plain question like ¿me pides...? "do you order me...?" is the normal way to ask a favour in Spain, and it doesn't sound rude. Same with ¿me pasas la sal? "pass me the salt?"

🇪🇸 Vermouth on tap is a classic Spanish bar drink, especially around midday at weekends, when going out de vermú "for a vermouth" is a whole social ritual.

🇪🇸 In many Spanish bars, staff come round to the tables, so you order when they pass rather than queuing at the bar.

💬 In Spain ahora often means "in a bit" rather than "right now". The same goes for ahora voy "I'll be right there".

🇪🇸 Spaniards often take turns buying drinks, and offering to pay for a round is a warm gesture. Here it also signals interest.

💬 Literally "until now", hasta ahora means "see you very shortly", for when you'll be back in minutes. For later the same day, say hasta luego "see you later".

💬 Majo means "nice" or "sweet" and is mainly heard in Spain. It changes to maja when said about a woman.

🇪🇸 Calling someone majo is warm and a little affectionate, which makes it a nice light way to respond to a flirty gesture.

💬 majo matches the person you're talking to, so say ¡Qué maja! to a woman. It's an everyday word in Spain but sounds odd or unfamiliar in most of Latin America, where amable "kind" is the safer choice.