How to Say ‘I'd like to book a table’ in Spain Spanish
Quería reservar mesa
keh-REE-ah rreh-sehr-BAR MEH-sah
[keh-REE-ah rreh-sehr-BAR MEH-sah]
💬 Usage Tip: Quería looks like past tense, "I wanted", but here it softens the request. Swap in any verb: Quería pedir "I'd like to order".
Phrase Breakdown
Quería
[keh-REE-ah]
I wanted
Imperfect tense of 'querer'; often softens requests and sounds polite in messages.
Quería agradecerte el tiempo que me dedicaste ayer.
I wanted to thank you for the time you gave me yesterday.
reservar
[rreh-sehr-BAR]
to book / reserve
Verb meaning to arrange something in advance, like a table.
Voy a reservar una habitación.
I'm going to book a room.
mesa
[MEH-sah]
table
Feminine noun; in restaurants, the table you book.
La mesa está libre.
The table is free.
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