Ordering a coffee Part 2 (Advanced): Indicates whether the coffee is for in-store or to be taken out.
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Key Phrases
Quería pedir un café, por favor.
I'd like to order a coffee, please.
¿Lo quieres para tomar aquí o para llevar?
Would you like it to drink here or to go?
No, nada más.
No, that's all.
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone politely in a café.
Saludar a alguien educadamente en una cafetería.
Ordering a coffee and specifying the type and size.
Pedir un café y especificar el tipo y el tamaño.
Responding to takeaway or dine-in questions and finishing the order.
Responder si es para llevar o para tomar aquí y terminar el pedido.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you’re in a café in Spain, ordering a small coffee with milk to go and having a polite, natural conversation with the barista.
Hola, buenos días. Quería pedir un café, por favor.
Hello, good morning. I’d like to order a coffee, please.
Claro, cielo. ¿Lo quieres para tomar aquí o para llevar?
Of course, dear. Would you like it to drink here or to go?
Para llevar, por favor.
To go, please.
Muy bien. ¿Qué café te pongo?
Very well. What coffee would you like?
Un café con leche pequeño.
A small coffee with milk.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola.
OH-lah
Hello.
Buenos días.
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs
Good morning.
Hola, buenos días.
OH-lah BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs
Hello, good morning.
Quería pedir...
keh-REE-ah peh-THEER
I would like to order...
💬 [Quería] literally means [I wanted], but in cafés and shops it softens the request: [Quería pedir...] is a polite way to mean [I'd like to order...]. You can reuse the same pattern with other things: [Quería un café] or [Quería pagar].
See breakdown →Un café
oon kah-FEH
A coffee
Por favor.
por fah-BOR
Please.
Quería pedir un café, por favor.
keh-REE-ah peh-THEER oon kah-FEH por fah-BOR
I'd like to order a coffee, please.
💬 [Quería] literally means [I wanted], but in cafés and shops it often means [I'd like]. It's a common polite way to ask for something without sounding blunt.
See breakdown →Claro.
KLAH-roh
Of course.
¿Lo quieres...
loh kee-EH-rehs
Do you want it...
💬 [Lo] here means [it] — in this context, your coffee. Spanish often adds these little object words where English would just say [Do you want it here or to go?].
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