Spanish to Use at a Coffee Shop

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This article will teach you vocabulary and useful phrases in Spanish to use at a café(coffee shop).

Questions This Article Answers

What is a café con leche?

What is a cortado?

What is a carajillo?

How do you say black coffee in Spanish?

How do you say for here in Spanish?

How do you say to go in Spanish?

How do you say skimmed milk in Spanish?

Barista

Let's start with some of the bebidas(drinks) you can get at a café.

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
americano	americano	crema	cream
batido	smoothie	descafeinado	decaf
bombón	coffee with condensed milk	frappé	frappé
café	coffee	frappuccino	frappuccino
café con leche	latte	jugo de naranja(Lat. Am.), zumo de naranja(Spain)	orange juice
café frío	iced coffee	lágrima	milk with a dash of coffee
café irlandés	Irish coffee	licuado	smoothie
café negro	black coffee	limonada	lemonade
café solo	black coffee	macchiato	macchiato
capuchino	cappuccino	malteada(Lat. Am.)	milkshake
carajillo	coffee with a dash of liqueur	moca	mocha
caribeño	coffee with rum, whipped cream, and vanilla	nata	cream
chai	chai	submarino	hot milk with chocolate
chocolate caliente	hot chocolate	té	tea
cortado	coffee with a dash of milk	té helado	iced tea

You can talk about tamaño(size) using the following words.

These are the different kinds of leche(milk) you can order.

Spanish	English
leche de almendras	almond milk
leche de avena	oat milk
leche de coco	coconut milk
leche de soya(Lat. Am.), leche de soja(Spain)	soy milk
leche descremada	skimmed milk
leche entera	whole milk
leche semidescremada	semi-skimmed milk

examples
Quiero un café solo con un jugo de naranja. I'll have a black coffee with an orange juice.
¿Cuánto cuesta un café irlandés? How much does an Irish coffee cost?
Un capuchino, por favor. A cappuccino, please.

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¿Para beber aquí o para llevar? For here or to go?
Para beber aquí, por favor. For here, please.
Dos tés helados para llevar, por favor. Two iced teas to go, please.

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¿Para beber aquí o para llevar?

For here or to go?

Para beber aquí, por favor.

For here, please.

Dos tés helados para llevar, por favor.

Two iced teas to go, please.

Coffee Cups

The employees working at the café may use some of the following phrases.

examples
¿Quién sigue? Who's next?
¿Qué quieres pedir? What are you having?
¿Qué te doy? What can I get you?
¿Qué tamaño? What size?
¿Quieres el café con crema? Do you want your coffee with cream?
¿Lo quieres con leche o con crema? Would you like milk or cream?
¿Lo quieres para beber aquí o para llevar? Is that for here or to take away?
¿Quieres algo para comer? Would you like anything to eat?
¿Algo más? Anything else?
¿Cuál es tu nombre? Your name, please?
Son cinco dólares con veinte centavos. That will be five dollars and twenty cents.
Espera por allí. Te llamaré cuando esté listo. You can wait over there. I'll call you when it's ready.
Aquí tienes. Here you go.
Aquí tienes el recibo y el cambio. Here's your receipt and your change.

The cliente(customer) may order using some of the following phrases.

examples
Un cortado, por favor. I'd like a coffee with a dash of milk, please.
Un café con leche pequeño, por favor. I'll have a small latte, please.
¿Me darías un chocolate caliente mediano y dos churros? Can I get a medium hot chocolate and two churros, please?
Un batido de banana para llevar, por favor. I'd like a banana smoothie to go, please.
¿Podrías hacerlo con leche de soja? Can you make it with soy milk, please?
Quisiera pagar con tarjeta. I'd like to pay with card.

Coffee and Tea

Finally, here's another word list with more vocabulary related to coffee shops.

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
avellana	hazelnut	pagar con tarjeta	to pay with card
azúcar	sugar	pedir	to order
bandeja	tray	plato	plate
barista	barista	propina	tip
cafetería	coffee shop	rollo de canela	cinnamon roll
canela	cinnamon	sándwich	sandwich
caramelo	caramel	servilleta	napkin
cuchara	spoon	shot	shot
cucharita	teaspoon	sorbete	straw
cuchillo	knife	taza	cup, mug
doble	double	taza de té	tea cup
jarabe	syrup	tenedor	fork
jarra	jar	tostada	toast
magdalena	muffin	vainilla	vanilla
miel	honey	vaso	glass
pagar	to pay	Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi

examples
¿Me darías más servilletas? Can I get more napkins, please?
¿Quieres azúcar? Do you want some sugar?
También quiero un roll de canela. I'll also take a cinnamon roll.