May 18, 2025

Spanish speaking practice - Step-by-step conversation: Ordering drinks in a bar - Gain confidence in Spanish with these role-playing exercises

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

In today’s episode we’re going to practise ordering drinks in Spanish in a bar. You’re with a group of friends and you want to order drinks for all of you. I’ll be your bartender.
¿Qué vais a tomar? What are you going to have?¿Qué vais a tomar?
And this is your line: A large beer, a jug of sangria and a small bottle of water.
Can you say that in Spanish? Let’s start with: A large beer.
A beer is: una cerveza, una cerveza. Large is: grande, grande.
So ‘a large beer’ is: Una cerveza grande – una cerveza grande. Did you get that right?: una cerveza grande.
Now: A jug of sangria.
A jug is: una jarra, una jarra. And sangria is the same in Spanish: sangría, sangría.
So ‘a jug of sangria’ is: Una jarra de sangría – una jarra de sangría. Did you get that right?: una jarra de sangría.
Now: A small bottle of water.
A bottle is: una botella, una botella. And small is: pequeña, pequeña. And water is: agua, agua.
So ‘a small bottle of water’ is: Una botella pequeña de agua – una botella pequeña de agua.
Now say the whole line: A large beer, a jug of sangria and a small bottle of water.
Una cerveza grande, una jarra de sangría y una botella pequeña de agua. Una cerveza grande, una jarra de sangría y una botella pequeña de agua.
Now it’s my turn:
¿Queréis un vaso para el agua? Do you want a glass for the water?¿Queréis un vaso para el agua?
Your line is: Yes, a glass with lots of ice.
How do you say: yes?
Yes is: sí, sí.
And how do you say: a glass?
A glass is: un vaso, un vaso.
With is: con, con.
And what about lots of ice?
Ice is: hielo, hielo. And lots of is: mucho, mucho. - mucho hielo, mucho hielo
So ‘a glass with lots of ice’ is: Un vaso con mucho hielo – un vaso con mucho hielo.
So your full line is: Yes, a glass with lots of ice.
Sí, un vaso con mucho hielo. – Sí, un vaso con mucho hielo.
Now I ask:
¿Cuántos vasos queréis para la sangría? How many glasses do you want for the sangria? ¿Cuántos vasos queréis para la sangría?
Your line is: Only three.
Only is: solo, solo. And number three is: tres, tres.
So ‘only three’ is: Solo tres – solo tres.
Now I bring you the drinks and say:
Aquí tenéis la cerveza, la sangría y el agua. Here you are: the beer, the sangria and the water. Aquí tenéis la cerveza, la sangría y el agua.
And you ask: How much is it all?
How much is: ¿Cuánto es?, cuánto es. It all is: todo, todo.
So: ¿Cuánto es todo? – ¿Cuánto es todo? Did you get that right?: ¿Cuánto es todo?
I reply: Dieciséis euros. Sixteen euros.
Sixteen is: dieciséis, dieciséis.

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