Inquiring about parking or valet services – Restaurant reservations Part 2 (Advanced) in Spain Spanish

🍽️🔥

Restaurante La Brasa

rres-tow-RAHN-teh lah BRAH-sah

La Brasa Restaurant

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🌇👋

Buenas tardes

BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs

Good afternoon

🇪🇸 In Spain tarde stretches from after lunch until about 8 or 9 pm, so buenas tardes is still right well into the evening.

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❓🙋‍♂️

¿Dígame?

DEE-gah-meh

How can I help you?

🇪🇸 This is how many people in Spain answer the phone, businesses included. It literally means "tell me", and it isn't rude, just brisk and normal.

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🍽️🔥🌇❓🤝

Restaurante La Brasa, buenas tardes, ¿dígame?

rres-tow-RAHN-teh lah BRAH-sah BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs DEE-gah-meh

La Brasa Restaurant, good afternoon, how can I help you?

🇪🇸 ¿dígame? "tell me" is the standard way Spaniards answer the phone, from shops and restaurants to private calls. It sounds blunt in English but is perfectly polite.

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📅📝

Tengo una reserva

TEN-goh OO-nah reh-SEHR-bah

I have a reservation

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🗓️

Para el sábado

pah-rah ehl SAH-bah-doh

For Saturday

💬 Days of the week take el where English uses "on" or nothing: el sábado is "on Saturday". Make it plural for a habit: los sábados "on Saturdays".

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📅📝🗓️

Tengo una reserva para el sábado

TEN-goh OO-nah reh-SEHR-bah pah-rah ehl SAH-bah-doh

I have a reservation for Saturday

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🏷️👤

A nombre de Smith

ah NOHM-breh deh

Under the name Smith

🇪🇸 Staff in Spain usually ask ¿a nombre de quién? "under whose name?". Give your surname only, and be ready to spell it out if it's foreign.

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❓

Una consulta

OO-nah kon-SOOL-tah

A question

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🙋❓

Quería hacerle una consulta

keh-REE-ah ah-SEHR-leh OO-nah kon-SOOL-tah

I wanted to ask you something

💬 quería "I wanted" is softer than quiero "I want" and is the polite way to open a request. The le stuck onto hacer means "to you", as in quería preguntarle "I wanted to ask you".

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✅👍

Sí, claro

see KLAH-roh

Yes, of course

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➡️

Usted dirá.

oos-TED dee-RAH

Go ahead.

💬 Word for word this is "you will say", but it works as "go ahead, I'm listening". The polite usted makes it something staff say to customers.

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Sí, claro, usted dirá.

see KLAH-roh oos-TEHD dee-RAH

Yes, of course, go ahead.

💬 usted dirá literally means "you will say". It's a set phrase that invites the other person to go ahead and speak.

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🚗

En coche

ehn KOH-cheh

By car

💬 Use en for any means of transport: en tren "by train", en autobús "by bus". The one exception is a pie "on foot".

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🤔🚗

Es que iremos en coche.

ehs keh ee-REH-mohs ehn KOH-cheh

The thing is, we'll be going by car.

💬 Starting with es que "the thing is" signals that you're explaining a reason or a small problem. It softens what comes next, as in es que llegamos tarde "the thing is, we're arriving late".

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🅿️🙋

Aparcamiento propio

ah-par-kah-MYEHN-toh PROH-pyoh

Your own parking

💬 aparcamiento and aparcar are Spain's words for parking. In much of Latin America people say estacionamiento and estacionar instead.

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Servicio de aparcacoches

sehr-BEE-syoh deh ah-par-kah-KOH-chehs

Valet parking service

💬 aparcacoches joins aparca "parks" and coches "cars". It keeps the ending -s even for one person: el aparcacoches.

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❓🅿️🙋🅿️🧑‍✈️

¿Tienen ustedes aparcamiento propio o servicio de aparcacoches?

tee-en-en oos-TEH-dehs ah-par-kah-MYEHN-toh PROH-pyoh oh sehr-BEE-syoh deh ah-par-kah-KOH-chehs

Do you have your own parking or a valet service?

🇪🇸 Using ustedes addresses the restaurant as a business, which is polite on the phone. Valet parking is mostly limited to upmarket places in big cities.

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🧑‍✈️

El aparcacoches

ehl ah-par-kah-KOH-chehs

Valet

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📅7️⃣

Los sábados

lohs SAH-bah-dos

On Saturdays

💬 Days of the week take los for "every" and el for one specific day. So los sábados means "on Saturdays" and el sábado means "this Saturday".

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🅿️🧑‍✈️✅

Tenemos aparcacoches

teh-NEH-mohs ah-par-kah-KOH-chehs

We have valet parking

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📅🅿️🧑‍✈️

Los sábados tenemos aparcacoches

lohs SAH-bah-dohs teh-NEH-mohs ah-par-kah-KOH-chehs

On Saturdays we have valet parking

💬 los sábados means "on Saturdays" without any word for "on". Use el sábado for one particular Saturday.

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🕤➡️

A partir de las nueve y media

ah par-TEER deh laz NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah

From half past nine

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⏳🕤

Solo a partir de las nueve y media

SOH-loh ah par-TEER deh laz NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah

Only from half past nine

🇪🇸 Spaniards typically eat dinner around 9 to 10:30 pm, so busy service starting at half past nine is completely normal.

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😟

Vaya.

BAH-yah

Oh dear.

💬 Despite coming from ir "to go", vaya on its own is an exclamation of mild disappointment or surprise. Think "oh dear" or "oh no".

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🚗➡️📍

Nosotros llegaremos

noh-SOH-trohs yeh-gah-REH-mohs

We'll arrive

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🕘

Sobre las nueve

SOH-breh laz NWEH-beh

Around nine

💬 With times, sobre means "around" rather than "on". a las nueve would mean exactly at nine.

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😮🚗🕘

Vaya, nosotros llegaremos sobre las nueve.

BAH-yah noh-SOH-trohs yeh-gah-REH-mohs SOH-breh laz NWEH-beh

Oh, we'll be arriving around nine.

💬 vaya at the start of a sentence is a mild "oh dear" or "oh well" that shows slight disappointment.

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🔀❓

Alguna otra opción

ahl-GOO-nah OH-trah ohp-SYOHN

Some other option

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📍🏘️

Por la zona

por lah SOH-nah

In the area

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❓🔀📍🤔

¿Habría alguna otra opción por la zona?

ah-BREE-ah ahl-GOO-nah OH-trah ohp-SYOHN por lah SOH-nah

Would there be any other option nearby?

💬 habría "would there be" is a gentler way of asking than hay "is there". It works for any polite enquiry, as in ¿habría mesa? "would there be a table?".

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📏💯

A unos cien metros

ah OO-nohs THYEN MEH-trohs

About a hundred metres away

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🅿️🏛️

Un parking público

oon PAR-keen POO-blee-koh

A public car park

💬 Spaniards borrow the English word parking for a car park, and it's used just as often as aparcamiento.

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🅿️🏛️✅

Hay un parking público

ahy oon PAR-keen POO-blee-koh

There's a public car park

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🤝❓

¿Tienen algún acuerdo con ellos?

tee-en-en ahl-GOON ah-KWEHR-doh kohn EH-yohs

Do you have an agreement with them?

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💸🔽

Algún descuento

ahl-GOON dehs-KWEHN-toh

Some discount

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🤝💸🔽❓

¿Y tienen algún acuerdo con ellos, algún descuento?

ee tee-en-en ahl-GOON ah-KWEHR-doh kohn EH-yohs ahl-GOON dehs-KWEHN-toh

And do you have any arrangement with them, any discount?

🇪🇸 Asking whether a restaurant has a parking discount is normal in Spain. Many restaurants near public car parks offer one.

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🎫

El tique

ehl TEE-keh

The ticket

💬 tique is the Spanish spelling of English "ticket", but ticket is also common on signs and receipts.

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🎫➡️🤲

Si nos trae el tique

see nos TRAH-eh ehl TEE-keh

If you bring us the ticket

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🎫🖨️✅

Se lo sellamos

seh loh seh-YAH-mohs

We stamp it for you

💬 se here really stands for le "for you". Spanish changes le to se whenever it lands right before lo or la, as in se la doy "I give it to you".

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La mitad

lah mee-TAHD

Half

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💰

Paga la mitad

PAH-gah lah mee-TAHD

You pay half

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✅

Perfecto

pehr-FEHK-toh

Perfect

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🚗🅿️📍

Aparcaremos allí

ah-par-kah-REH-mohs ah-YEE

We'll park there

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👍🚗🅿️📍

Perfecto, pues aparcaremos allí.

pehr-FEHK-toh pwes ah-par-kah-REH-mohs ah-YEE

Perfect, we'll park there then.

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🙏🙏

Muchas gracias

MOO-chahs GRAH-see-ahs

Thank you very much

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ℹ️

Por la información

por lah een-for-mah-SYOHN

For the information

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🙏💯ℹ️

Muchas gracias por la información.

MOO-chahs GRAH-syahs por lah een-for-mah-SYOHN

Thank you very much for the information.

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🙏

A usted.

ah oos-TEHD

Thank you.

💬 This is short for gracias a usted "thanks to you", the usual reply when someone thanks you first. Between friends it becomes a ti.

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👋📅7️⃣

Hasta el sábado

AHS-tah ehl SAH-bah-doh

See you on Saturday

💬 Hasta + a day or time is the standard 'see you then': hasta mañana "see you tomorrow", hasta luego "see you later". Days of the week take el and are not capitalised.

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☀️👋

Que pase buena tarde

keh PAH-seh BWEH-nah TAR-deh

Have a good afternoon

💬 Starting a wish with que turns it into "may you...": que aproveche "enjoy your meal", que te vaya bien "all the best".

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📅🗓️☀️👋

Hasta el sábado, que pase buena tarde.

AHS-tah ehl SAH-bah-doh keh PAH-seh BWEH-nah TAR-deh

See you on Saturday, have a good afternoon.

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🙋‍♂️👋

Igualmente, adiós.

ee-gwahl-MEN-teh ah-DYOHS

You too, goodbye.

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