How to Say ‘Tap water, please.’ in Spain Spanish
Agua del grifo, por favor.
AH-gwah del GREE-foh pohr fah-BOHR
[AH-gwah del GREE-foh pohr fah-BOHR]
🇪🇸 In Spain: Asking for tap water is perfectly normal, and bars and restaurants must provide it free. Otherwise you'll usually get a bottle that's charged.
Phrase Breakdown
Agua del grifo,
AH-gwah del GREE-foh
Tap water
Literally 'water from the tap', and it's free in many places. Say it as A-gua del GRI-fo.
¿Tienen agua del grifo?
Do you have tap water?
Words in this phrase
Agua
[AH-gwah]
water
Feminine noun, but uses 'el' in the singular.
El agua está fría.
The water is cold.
del
[del]
of the
Contraction of 'de' + 'el'; often means 'of the' or 'from the'.
La reserva del restaurante es del día anterior.
The restaurant booking is from the previous day.
grifo
[GREE-foh]
tap
The faucet; 'agua del grifo' is free tap water.
Abre el grifo.
Turn on the tap.
por favor.
pohr fah-BOHR
please
This is the polite word for 'please': por fa-VOR.
Más pan, por favor.
More bread, 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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