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🇪🇸 Spanish Level A1

At the café (bar) in Spanish

You're in a Spanish café in the morning. Listen to the waitress (Lucía), then choose how to reply — tap an answer to hear its pronunciation and see its translation, then confirm. What you pick changes what she says. Open “Vocabulary” for the words (or “Explore the scene”) and tap “🗣️ On the street” for the real language.

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At the café (bar) — Spanish

What you'll learn here

Key words

el café con leche el ca-FÉ con LE-che
the coffee with milk
“Un café con leche” = coffee with milk (the morning classic). “Un cortado” = espresso with a little milk; “un solo” = espresso; “un americano” = long. In the morning with “una tostada”.
los churros los CHU-rros
churros
“Churros con chocolate” = a classic breakfast/snack (especially weekends). “Una tostada con tomate” (toast with tomato and oil) is the typical Andalusian breakfast.
la caña la CA-nia
the small draft beer
“Una caña” = a small draft beer, the king of the Spanish bar, often with a free tapa. “Un café” in the morning, “una caña” from lunchtime on.
la barra la BA-rra
the bar counter
“En la barra” (standing at the counter) is often cheaper than “en la mesa” or “en la terraza”. On the terrace you pay a small extra.
el azúcar el a-ZÚ-car
the sugar
Sugar usually comes in packets. “¿Me pones...?” (will you put me...?) = the colloquial way to ask for something at the bar.

How locals really say it

Not the textbook version — the real language you hear in Spanish.

“¡Buenas! ¿Qué te pongo?” — Morning! What can I get you?
“¿Barra o terraza?” — Bar or terrace?
“¿Qué te apetece?” — What do you fancy?
“Churros calentitos, ¿eh? Recién hechos.” — Warm churros, yeah? Fresh-made.

Dialogue (excerpt)

A taste of the conversation — play the rest in the app.

Lucía
¡Buenos días! ¿Qué le pongo?
Good morning! What can I get you?
Lucía
¿En la barra o en la terraza?
At the bar or on the terrace?
You
En la barra, gracias.
At the bar, thanks.
Lucía
¿Qué quiere tomar?
What would you like to have?
You
Un café con leche, por favor.
A coffee with milk, please.
Lucía
Hoy tenemos churros recién hechos, están calentitos.
Today we have fresh churros, they're nice and warm.

…continues in the app →

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