How to Say ‘A coffee with milk, please.’ in Spain Spanish
Un café con leche, por favor.
oon kah-FEH kohn LEH-cheh pohr fah-BOHR
[oon kah-FEH kohn LEH-cheh pohr fah-BOHR]
🇪🇸 In Spain: The usual breakfast coffee, roughly half coffee, half hot milk. For a small black espresso ask for un café solo, and for espresso with a dash of milk, un cortado.
Phrase Breakdown
Un café
oon kah-FEH
A coffee
Stress the final 'é': un ka-FE.
Tomo un café cada mañana.
I have a coffee every morning.
Words in this phrase
Un
[oon]
a / an
Masculine singular indefinite article used before a noun.
Busco un entorno donde pueda crecer profesionalmente.
I am looking for an environment where I can grow professionally.
café
[kah-FEH]
coffee
A coffee; often used when suggesting an informal meeting.
¿Te apetece un café la próxima semana?
Would you like a coffee next week?
con leche,
kohn LEH-cheh
with milk
A 'café con leche' is a coffee with lots of milk. 'Ch' sounds as in 'church': kon LE-che.
Té con leche, por favor.
Tea with milk, please.
Words in this phrase
con
[kohn]
with
Preposition used to indicate company, connection, or interaction.
Hablé con una empleada sobre el ambiente laboral.
I spoke with an employee about the work environment.
leche
[LEH-cheh]
milk
Feminine noun for milk; very common in coffee orders.
¿Tiene leche sin lactosa?
Do you have lactose-free milk?
por favor.
pohr fah-BOHR
please
This is the polite word for 'please': por fa-VOR.
Un cortado, por favor.
A cortado, please.
Words in this phrase
por
[pohr]
please
First part of the polite phrase por favor.
La respuesta es Para cuatro, por favor. si todavía hay sitio.
The answer is for four, please, if there is still space.
favor
[fah-BOHR]
please
Used in polite requests as part of the expression por favor.
Dígame su nombre, por favor, para buscarla en el sistema.
Tell me your name, please, to look it up in the system.
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