
Restaurant reservations: Checking table availability for specific dates and times.
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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
Buenos
BWEH-nohs
Good
Días
DEE-ahs
Morning
Buenos días.
BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs
Good morning.
¿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?].
See breakdown →Puedo
PWHEH-doh
Can I
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].
See breakdown →¿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.
See breakdown →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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