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How to Say ‘Could you book me for four at half past nine?’ in Spain Spanish

¿Me podría reservar para cuatro a las nueve y media?

meh poh-DREE-ah reh-sehr-BAHR pah-rah KWAH-troh ah laz NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah

[meh poh-DREE-ah reh-sehr-BAHR pah-rah KWAH-troh ah laz NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah]

🇪🇸 In Spain: Half past nine is a perfectly normal dinner booking in Spain. Many kitchens don't really get going until nine, so an eight o'clock table can feel early.

Phrase Breakdown

¿Me podría reservar

meh poh-DREE-ah reh-sehr-BAHR

Could you book for me

The polite opening of the request. Keep 'me' attached to 'podría'.

Example

¿Me podría reservar una habitación?

Could you book me a room?

Words in this phrase

[meh]

to me

Indirect object pronoun used with gustar to mean to me.

Example

Me gusta ver el Mundial con amigos.

I like watching the World Cup with friends.

podría

[poh-DREE-ah]

could you

Conditional of 'poder'; polite with 'usted'.

Example

¿Podría traer agua?

Could you bring water?

reservar

[reh-sehr-BAHR]

to book / reserve

To arrange a table in advance.

Example

Quiero reservar una mesa.

I want to book a table.

para cuatro

pah-rah KWAH-troh

for four

'Para' plus a number gives the number of people. In Spain you'll hear 'mesa para cuatro' all the time.

Example

Una mesa para cuatro, por favor.

A table for four, please.

Words in this phrase

para

[pah-rah]

for

Intended to be given to or used by someone or something.

Example

Este regalo es para ti.

This gift is for you.

cuatro

[KWAH-troh]

four

The number 4; here four people.

Example

Somos cuatro.

There are four of us.

a las nueve y media?

ah laz NWEH-beh ee MEH-dyah

at half past nine?

Times use 'a las' plus the hour. 'Y media' means half past. Link the sounds: 'a-las-nue-ve-y-me-dia'.

Example

Quedamos a las nueve y media.

Let's meet at half past nine.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

at (time)

Used before clock times.

Example

Cenamos a las diez.

We have dinner at ten.

las

[laz]

The

A definite article to specify particular entities.

Example

Las casas son bellas.

The houses are beautiful.

nueve

[NWEH-beh]

nine

The number 9.

Example

Abrimos a las nueve.

We open at nine.

[ee]

and; past (when telling time)

In clock times, 'y' adds minutes after the hour, like 'past'.

Example

Son las dos y diez.

It's ten past two.

media

[MEH-dyah]

half

'Y media' means half past.

Example

Llego a las ocho y media.

I arrive at half past eight.

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