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Scene illustrating a Spain Spanish-language restaurant reservations conversation

Key Phrases

Buenos días

Good morning

Hacer una reserva

To make a reservation

Una mesa para dos personas

A table for two

Skills You'll Learn

Greeting in Spanish

Saludar en español

Making a reservation

Hacer una reserva

Requesting availability

Solicitar disponibilidad

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are in Spain and want to make a dinner reservation at a local restaurant for a special night out. You call the restaurant, and the conversation unfolds as you discuss the details of your reservation.

Hola, buenos días. ¿En qué puedo ayudarle?

Hello, good morning. How can I help you?

Buenos días. Quisiera hacer una reserva para cenar.

Good morning. I would like to make a reservation for dinner.

Claro, ¿para qué día y a qué hora le gustaría la reserva?

Of course, for what day and what time would you like the reservation?

Para el viernes 15 de octubre a las 8 de la noche, por favor.

For Friday, October 15th at 8 PM, please.

Un momento, por favor… Sí, tenemos disponibilidad a esa hora.

One moment, please… Yes, we have availability at that time.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

Hola

OH-lah

Hello

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👍

Buenos

BWEH-nohs

Good

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🌅

Días

DEE-ahs

Morning

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Buenos días.

BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs

Good morning.

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¿En qué

EHN KEH

How

💬 [qué] keeps its accent in questions, even inside a longer phrase like [¿En qué...?]. You'll see the same in [¿A qué hora?] and [¿Qué día?].

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🤔

Puedo

PWHEH-doh

Can I

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🤝

Ayudarle?

ah-yoo-DAHR-leh

Help you?

💬 The [le] on the end means [to you], so [ayudarle] is literally [help you] in a polite form. You can swap it the same way in other verbs: [llamarle] = [call you], [decirle] = [tell you].

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❓🤔

¿En qué puedo ayudarle?

EHN KEH PWHEH-doh ah-yoo-DAHR-leh

How can I help you?

💬 The [le] on [ayudarle] makes this a polite [you]. With someone you know well, you'd hear [¿En qué puedo ayudarte?].

🇪🇸 This is a standard service phrase in Spain and sounds polite without being stiff. Staff will often use this kind of formal wording with customers, especially at first contact.

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🙂➡️

Quisiera

kee-SYER-ah

I would like

💬 [Quisiera] is a softer, more polite way to ask for something than a plain [quiero]. The same pattern works elsewhere: [Quisiera una mesa] sounds more courteous than [Quiero una mesa].

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