
Ordering a coffee Part 2 (Advanced): Options such as type of milk, depending on dietary preferences or allergies.
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Key Phrases
¿Me pones un café, por favor?
Could I have a coffee, please?
¿Qué café te apetece?
What kind of coffee would you like?
Con leche de avena, por favor.
With oat milk, please.
Skills You'll Learn
Ordering a coffee politely in a café
Pedir un café con educación en una cafetería
Talking about milk options and allergies
Hablar sobre opciones de leche y alergias
Choosing size and sugar preferences
Elegir el tamaño y si quieres azúcar o no
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you’re in a café in Spain, ordering a small coffee with oat milk and no sugar while checking milk options because of an allergy.
Hola, buenos días. ¿Me pones un café, por favor?
Hi, good morning. Could I have a coffee, please?
Claro, cielo. ¿Qué café te apetece?
Of course, dear. What kind of coffee would you like?
Un café con leche, pero tengo duda con la leche.
A coffee with milk, but I’m unsure about the milk.
No pasa nada. Tenemos entera, sin lactosa, avena y soja.
No problem. We have whole milk, lactose-free, oat, and soy.
Soy alérgico a la soja. ¿La de avena va bien?
I’m allergic to soy. Is the oat milk okay?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buenos días.
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs
Good morning.
¿Me pones...
meh POH-nehs
Could you get me...
💬 In café Spanish, [poner] often means "get/serve" rather than literally "put." You can reuse the pattern [¿Me pones ...?] for lots of orders, like [¿Me pones un té?] or [¿Me pones una tostada?].
See breakdown →Un café, por favor?
oon kah-FEH pohr fah-BOHR
A coffee, please?
🇪🇸 In a bar or café in Spain, a short order like [Un café, por favor] is completely normal and polite. You do not need to phrase it as a full question every time.
See breakdown →¿Me pones un café, por favor?
meh POH-nehs oon kah-FEH pohr fah-BOHR
Could I have a coffee, please?
💬 In café Spanish, [poner] often means "get/serve" rather than literally "put." The little [me] means "for me," so [¿Me pones un café?] is a very common ordering pattern.
See breakdown →Claro.
KLAH-roh
Of course.
¿Qué café...
keh kah-FEH
What coffee...
Te apetece?
teh ah-peh-TEH-theh
Would you like?
💬 [Apetecer] is used for "feel like" or "would like," and the person goes as an indirect object: [me apetece], [te apetece], [le apetece]. So [¿Te apetece?] is literally more like "does it appeal to you?" than "do you want?".
See breakdown →¿Qué café te apetece?
keh kah-FEH teh ah-peh-TEH-theh
What kind of coffee would you like?
💬 [Apetecer] is used for "feel like" or "would like," and the person goes as an indirect object: [me apetece], [te apetece], [le apetece]. You can reuse it with food and drink: [¿Te apetece un té?].
See breakdown →Un café...
oon kah-FEH
A coffee...
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