How to Say ‘La Brasa Restaurant, good afternoon, how can I help you?’ in Spain Spanish
Restaurante La Brasa, buenas tardes, ¿dígame?
rres-tow-RAHN-teh lah BRAH-sah BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs DEE-gah-meh
[rres-tow-RAHN-teh lah BRAH-sah BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs DEE-gah-meh]
🇪🇸 In Spain: ¿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.
Phrase Breakdown
Restaurante La Brasa,
rres-tow-RAHN-teh lah BRAH-sah
La Brasa Restaurant,
This is how staff answer the phone: they say the business name first.
Restaurante La Brasa, ¿en qué puedo ayudarle?
La Brasa Restaurant, how can I help you?
Words in this phrase
Restaurante
[rres-tow-RAHN-teh]
restaurant
A place where meals are served.
El restaurante abre a las ocho.
The restaurant opens at eight.
La
[lah]
the
A definite article used before a feminine singular noun.
«La» gente en esa empresa parece amable.
The people in that company seem kind.
Brasa
[BRAH-sah]
embers / grill
Hot coals used for grilling; often used in restaurant names.
La carne se hace a la brasa.
The meat is cooked over embers.
buenas tardes,
BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs
good afternoon,
In Spain this greeting is used from lunchtime until it gets dark, often until 8 or 9 pm.
Buenas tardes, ¿qué tal?
Good afternoon, how are you?
Words in this phrase
buenas
[BWEH-nahs]
good
Feminine plural of 'bueno', used in greetings like 'buenas tardes'.
Buenas noches, señora.
Good evening, madam.
tardes
[TAR-dehs]
afternoon
Plural used in the greeting 'buenas tardes'.
Buenas tardes, señora.
Good afternoon, madam.
¿dígame?
DEE-gah-meh
how can I help you? / hello?
A typical Spanish way to answer the phone. It literally means 'tell me'. Stress the first syllable: DÍ-ga-me.
¿Dígame? Sí, soy yo.
Hello? Yes, speaking.
Words in this phrase
dígame
[DEE-gah-meh]
hello? / how can I help?
Formal command 'tell me', used when answering the phone.
¿Dígame? ¿Quién llama?
Hello? Who's calling?
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