Café orders and payment
Polite orders, prices, and payment.
Place a simple café order and ask for the bill politely.
Hear the lesson phrases
Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Read the audio transcript
Buenos días. Quisiera un café con leche, por favor. ¿Algo más? No, gracias. ¿Para aquí o para llevar? Para aquí, por favor. La cuenta, por favor.
Place a simple order
A friendly greeting followed by your order and por favor is enough for a simple café visit. Un café, por favor means a coffee, please.
For a softer request, learn quisiera… as a useful phrase meaning I would like… You do not need to study the full verb tense to start using this polite expression.
Listen for a follow-up question
You might hear ¿Algo más? (anything else?) or ¿Para aquí o para llevar? (for here or to go?). A short reply is natural: no, gracias; para aquí; or para llevar.
Con means with and sin means without. They help you customize an order without building a long sentence. Drink names and serving styles vary by region, so ask when you are unsure.
Ask about prices and request the bill
Use ¿Cuánto cuesta? to ask the price of an item. When you are ready to pay for a table-service order, la cuenta, por favor asks for the bill.
Read the conversation below aloud, taking both parts. Then change the drink or add para llevar. The goal is to reuse a few phrases in a situation that matters to you.
Lesson vocabulary
Read each word aloud, then test your recall of its meaning.
| por favor | please | |
| quisiera | I would like | |
| el té | the tea | |
| la leche | the milk | |
| con | with | |
| sin | without | |
| para llevar | to go / to take away | |
| la cuenta | the bill |
Practice questions
Answer the questions and read the explanations. You can repeat the exercises.
Practice a greeting, an order, and por favor. Change the item or request each time.