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Spanish (Spain)

### **La carta** or **el menú del día**?

In a Spanish restaurant you can order from **la carta** — the full list of dishes, each with its own price — or take **el menú del día**, the set lunch menu served on weekdays: a first course, a second course and a dessert, usually with bread and a drink, all for one price. In a restaurant **la carta** is the menu; anywhere else it is a letter.

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### Ordering: **de primero**, **de segundo**, **de postre**

The waiter asks **¿Qué van a tomar?** and you answer course by course, with **de** in front of each one:

| course | Spanish | example |
|---|---|---|
| starter | **de primero** | de primero, sopa |
| main course | **de segundo** | de segundo, ternera |
| dessert | **de postre** | de postre, fruta |

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### Meat and seafood

**La ternera** is beef from young cattle, **el chorizo** a red pork sausage made with paprika, **el atún** tuna and **las gambas** prawns. **El marisco** is seafood as a whole, and it stays singular: *mucho marisco*, a lot of seafood.

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### Talking about taste

**El sabor** is the taste or flavor of food. **Picante** means spicy — and most Spanish food is not spicy at all. **Delicioso** agrees with the food it describes: **deliciosa**, **deliciosos**, **deliciosas**. With **¡qué…!** it makes a compliment for the cook.

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At the restaurant (la carta, el menú del día)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

The personal 'a' (a)

Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

Stem-changing verbs: o to ue

Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)

Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

Formal address (usted, ustedes)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

Obligation (tener que)

Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)

Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

The Human Body: Legs and Health

Wardrobe Essentials

Fresh Produce

Meals and Proteins

Public Transport

Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
the menu (list of dishes)	la carta
Can you bring me the menu, please?	¿Me trae la carta, por favor?
Here you have the menu.	Aquí tienen la carta.
What are you going to have? As a starter, salad.	¿Qué van a tomar? De primero, ensalada.
As a starter, I want the soup.	De primero, quiero la sopa.
And for dessert? A chocolate ice cream.	¿Y de postre? Un helado de chocolate.
Can you bring us the bill, please?	¿Nos trae la cuenta, por favor?
the set lunch menu	el menú del día
The set lunch menu costs twelve euros.	El menú del día cuesta doce euros.
Do you have a set lunch menu?	¿Tienen menú del día?
The set lunch menu has a first course, a second course and dessert.	El menú del día tiene primero, segundo y postre.
Today we are having the set lunch menu.	Hoy tomamos el menú del día.
the prawn	la gamba
I want some prawns with garlic.	Quiero unas gambas con ajo.
The prawns are very fresh.	Las gambas están muy frescas.
Do you like prawns?	¿Te gustan las gambas?
the beef, the veal	la ternera
For the main course, beef with potatoes.	De segundo, ternera con patatas.
The beef is very good.	La ternera está muy buena.
I don't eat beef or pork.	No como ternera ni cerdo.
the tuna	el atún
A salad with tuna, please.	Una ensalada con atún, por favor.
The tuna here is very good.	El atún de aquí es muy bueno.
Is the tuna fresh?	¿El atún es fresco?
the seafood	el marisco
On the menu there is fish and seafood.	En la carta hay pescado y marisco.
In the north they eat a lot of seafood.	En el norte comen mucho marisco.
I don't like seafood.	No me gusta el marisco.
the chorizo (cured pork sausage)	el chorizo
A chorizo sandwich, please.	Un bocadillo de chorizo, por favor.
Does the soup have chorizo?	¿La sopa tiene chorizo?
spicy	picante
The chorizo is red and a little spicy.	El chorizo es rojo y un poco picante.
Is it spicy? Yes, a little.	¿Es picante? Sí, un poco.
I don't like spicy food.	No me gusta la comida picante.
delicious	delicioso
The paella is delicious.	La paella está deliciosa.
This dessert is delicious.	Este postre es delicioso.
How delicious the soup is!	¡Qué deliciosa está la sopa!
the taste, the flavor	el sabor
I like the taste of the chorizo.	Me gusta el sabor del chorizo.
This soup has no taste.	Esta sopa no tiene sabor.
What flavor is the ice cream?	¿De qué sabor es el helado?
cooking, cuisine	la cocina
I really like Spanish cuisine.	Me gusta mucho la cocina española.
This restaurant is famous for its cuisine.	Este restaurante es famoso por su cocina.

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