How to Say ‘How many drinks a day?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Cuántas bebidas al día?
KWAN-tahs beh-BEE-dahs ahl DEE-ah
[KWAN-tahs beh-BEE-dahs ahl DEE-ah]
💬 Usage Tip: cuántas matches the noun after it: it's cuántas bebidas because bebida is feminine, but cuántos cigarrillos.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Cuántas bebidas
KWAN-tahs beh-BEE-dahs
How many drinks
'Cuántas' is feminine plural because it agrees with 'bebidas'. The 'b' between vowels is soft, with the lips barely touching.
¿Cuántas bebidas quiere?
How many drinks do you want?
Words in this phrase
Cuántas
[KWAN-tahs]
how many
Used in questions about quantity; agrees with plural feminine 'personas'.
¿Cuántas sillas necesitan?
How many chairs do you need?
bebidas
[beh-BEE-dahs]
drinks
Plural noun for beverages, often alcoholic in this context.
Tomo dos bebidas los sábados.
I have two drinks on Saturdays.
al día?
ahl DEE-ah
per day?
'Al' is 'a' + 'el'. 'Al día' means 'per day' or 'a day'. The stress falls on DÍ-a.
Bebo dos litros de agua al día.
I drink two litres of water a day.
Words in this phrase
al
[ahl]
per (a/the)
Contraction of 'a' + 'el'; here it means 'per' as in 'per day'.
Camino una hora al día.
I walk one hour a day.
día
[DEE-ah]
day
Repeated as part of the expression día a día, meaning day-to-day.
En el día a «día», se ve si hay apoyo real.
In the day-to-day, you can see whether there is real support.
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