24. Ir de Tapas Flashcards
Suggesting a plan to friends
Sugiriendo un plan a amigos
Do you want to have some tapas?
Quieres tomar unas tapas?
We can order some big plates of food to share
Podemos pedir algunas raciones para compartir
I’d rather have a proper meal
Casi prefiero cenar en condiciones
(For supper, lunch would be comida)
I think I would prefer…
Casi prefiero…
I think I’d rather go to the cinema
Casi prefiero ir al cine
Properly
En condiciones
Typical food
Comida típica
Anchovies in vinegar
Boquerones
Ratatouille
Pisto
Garlic mushrooms
Champiñón al ajillo
Garlic chicken
Pollo al ajillo
Scrambled eggs with asparagus
Revuelto de espárragos
Little green fried peppers
Pimientos del padrón
Warm chorizo cooked in cider
Chorizo a la sidra
How to get the waiter’s attention
(How to address the waiter)
Como dirigirse al camarero
Hey - Word to attract a waiters attention (informal and not very polite!)
Oiga
Excuse me (informal – tú form)
Perdona
Excuse me (formal – usted form)
Perdone
How to order
Cómo pedir
Can you take our order, please? (formal – usted form)
¿Nos puede tomar nota, por favor?
What do you recommend (to us)? (formal – usted form)
¿Qué nos recomienda?
Can we have a plate of cheese, please? (formal – usted form)
¿Nos pone una ración de queso, por favor?
Bring us the bill, please? (formal – usted form)
¿Nos trae la cuenta, por favor?
Can you tell us how much is it? (formal – usted form)
¿Nos dice cuanto es?
Fussy
Tiquismiquis
It’s finger-licking good.
Está para chuparse los dedos.
Roast lamb
Cordero asado
Lamb chops
Chuletas de cordero
Roast pork
(Suckling pig)
Cochinillo
Sirloin
Solomillo
Hake
Merluza
Sole (fish)
Lenguado
Sea bass
Lubina
Sea bream
Besugo
This phrase literally means that all the graves are full of people who have eaten too much for dinner! You would use it after you have eaten far, far too well for your last meal of the day. This is very relevant in Spain, where people eat very late and don’t have time to digest before bed.
De buenas cenas están las sepulturas llenas
You would say this when something like a film or a meeting is overly long and boring. It literally means, “It’s longer than a day without bread”. As bread was the staple food in Spain in the past, days were pretty long and unbearable without it!
Es más largo que un día sin pan
What do you (talking to more than 1 person) usually eat, Spanish food or food from other countries?
¿Qué soléis comer, comida española o de otros países?
We recently went to…
Hace poco fuimos a…
It is not like that
No es así
Marina always complains that…
Marina siempre se queja de que…
Different
Distintas
Differente
Do you remember?
¿Te acuerdas?