Spanish words needed for restaurants




Spanish English

A
almendras - almonds 

arroz - rice

arroz con leche - rice pudding

azucar - sugar

B

botella - bottle

C

carne - meat (like carnivore)

carrito de postres - dessert trolley

carro de queso - cheese board

carta - menu

cebolla - onion

cerveza - beer

chocolate - chocolate

confitura - jam 

D

de - of

desayuno - breakfast

dolares - dollars

¿Dónde están los baños? - Where are the toilets?

G

gracias - thanks


E

electricidad - electricity

F

una factura - a bill ; una factura detallada - an itemized bill 

fruta - fruit

fuego - fire

J

un jarra - a carafe (jar)

L

la leche - milk

M

mesa - table

N

naranja - orange

P

umn pastel - cake

perscado - fish

pina - pineapple

plato - plate

platillo - saucer

policia - police

pollo - chicken (like poulet in French)

pimiento - pepper

Q

queso - cheese

R

un recibo - a receipt 

una reserva - a reservation

restaurante - restaurant

S

sal - salt

salsa - sauce

sardinas - sardines

servicio - service

servicios - restrooms/toilets

sopa - soup

uvas - grapes

V

vino - wine

zumo - juice (in Spain)


English - Spanish

B

beer - cerveza

a bill - una factura - an itemized bill - una factura detallada

bottle - botella

breakfast - desayuno

butter - mantequilla

C

chocolate  chocolate

D

dollars - dolares

D

electricity - electricidad

F

fire - fuego

fruit - fruta

J

jam - confitura

juice - zumo

M

(the) milk - (la) leche 

N

no - no

O

of (made of) - de

orange - naranja

P

pepper - pimiento

plate - plato

police - policia

R

a receipt - un recibo

a reservation - una reserva

S

salt - sal

saucer - platillo (like a little plate)

Soup - sopa

T

table - mesa

thanks - gracias

W

white - blanco/blanca (m/f)

wine - vino

Y

yes - si

I want to use Spanish in Spain, the islands of Majorca and Minorca, and the Canaries which include Tenerife and Gran Canaria.  Duolingo seems to be aimed at the larger number of English speakers in North America, who are closer to the larger number of Spanish speakers in South America.

Wikivoyage phrasebook explains
whisky
whisky (WEES-kee)
vodka
vodka (BOHD-kah)
rum
ron (rohn)
water
agua (AH-gwah)
tonic water
agua tónica (AH-gwah TOH-nee-kah)
orange juice
Latin America: jugo de naranja (HOO-goh deh NAH-rahn-hah), Spain: zumo de naranja (THOO-moh theh nah-RAHN-khah)

Useful Phrase Books
European Phrase Book DK Eyewitness Travel Guides (Includes Spanish and Italian, French and Portuguese, German, Greek and more)
Thomas Cook European Travel Phrasebook (Includes Spanish and Italian, French and Portuguese, German, Greek, and more)

Useful Websites For Spanish In Restaurants

wikipedia Spanish language

wikivoyage phrasebook Spanish

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spanish_phrasebook

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