Usages of cenar
Cenamos a las nueve.
We have dinner at nine.
Ceno sopa y ensalada.
I have soup and salad for dinner.
¿Cenamos dentro o fuera?
Shall we have dinner inside or outside?
Solemos cenar a las nueve.
We usually have dinner at nine.
¿Qué pides para cenar?
What are you ordering for dinner?
¿Te apetece cenar pasado mañana?
Do you feel like having dinner the day after tomorrow?
Después de cenar, vemos la televisión.
After having dinner, we watch television.
Llevo una semana sin cocinar nada, ¿pedimos algo saludable para cenar?
I have gone a week without cooking anything, shall we order something healthy for dinner?
¡Ojalá cenes con nosotros hoy!
I hope you have dinner with us today!
¿Tienes ganas de cenar fuera?
Do you feel like having dinner out?
¿Te parece bien que cenemos a las nueve?
Is it OK with you if we have dinner at nine?
Los españoles cenan muy tarde.
Spaniards have dinner very late.
Esta noche cenamos merluza con patatas cocidas.
Tonight we're having hake with boiled potatoes.
Después de cenar, dimos una vuelta por la playa.
After dinner, we went for a walk along the beach.
Ten en cuenta que en España se cena tarde.
Bear in mind that in Spain people have dinner late.
Cenamos después de que llegue tu padre.
We'll have dinner after your father arrives.
Después de que llegó tu padre, cenamos.
After your father arrived, we had dinner.
Me encanta el queso, pero ¡ojalá pudiera cenar caviar!
I love cheese, but if only I could have caviar for dinner!
¿Picamos algo antes de cenar?
Shall we nibble on something before having dinner?
Si picas ahora, luego no vas a cenar.
If you nibble now, you're not going to eat dinner later.
Pensé que a esas horas ya habrías cenado.
I thought that by that time you would already have had dinner.
Los españoles tienden a cenar tarde.
Spaniards tend to have dinner late.
El restaurante estaba lleno, por lo que cenamos en casa.
The restaurant was full, which is why we had dinner at home.
Justo cuando íbamos a cenar, se fue la luz.
Just when we were about to have dinner, the power went out.
En cuanto hayamos cenado, salimos a dar un paseo.
As soon as we have had dinner, we'll go out for a walk.
Insistió en que nos quedáramos a cenar.
She insisted that we stay for dinner.
Siempre brindamos antes de cenar.
We always make a toast before dinner.
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