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It's Saturday morning at the mercado and the frutería has no queue you can see — just people who all know whose turn it is.
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Practice Ordering in a Busy Bar in Spanish
Una ronda en un bar lleno
The barra is three deep, the television is loud, and you're getting the drinks in for the table. One thing they wanted is off tonight, nobody here runs a tab, and the camarero has about twenty seconds for you.
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You're talking to: un camarero
You: un cliente
placing the whole round
¿Nos pones tres cañas y un tercio?
asking for a repeat over the noise
Perdona, con el ruido no te he oído.
checking what comes with it
¿La caña lleva tapa?
Your goal
Place the whole round, deal with the one thing they've run out of, and settle how you're paying — which here means saying you'll pay for the lot at the end.
You'll practice
- Get served without pushing in front of anyone
- Place the whole round and change the one thing they haven't got
- Say you'll settle up at the end instead of paying for the round
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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¿Nos pones tres cañas y un tercio?
— placing the whole round
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Perdona, con el ruido no te he oído.
— asking for a repeat over the noise
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¿La caña lleva tapa?
— checking what comes with it
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Luego pagamos todo junto, ¿te parece?
— settling how you'll pay
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Pues ponme un vermú en vez de eso.
— changing part of the order
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¿Cuánto te debo de todo?
— getting the total at the end
Level-up expressions
poner algo a alguien
get someone something at a bar or counter
¿Me pones dos cañas cuando puedas?
pagar todo junto
settle the whole lot at the end instead of round by round
Luego te pago todo junto.
cobrarse aparte
be charged separately from the rest
¿Las tapas se cobran aparte?
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