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Eating Out

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Comer Fuera - Eating Out

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Key vocab

  • El plato principal - main course.
  • Un camarero - a waiter.
  • Dígame - tell me.
  • Una mesa - a table.
  • Reservar - to reserve.
  • ¿Qué quieres? - what do you want?
  • Un primer plato, una entrada - starter.
  • La cuenta - bill.
  • El postre - dessert.
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Un restaurante

  • Voy a reservar una mesa para el sábado.
    • I am going to book a table for Saturday.
  • El camarero fue muy maleducado ayer.
    • The waiter was very rude last night.
  • Quiero ir a un restaurante la semana que viene.
    • I want to eat at a restaurant next week.
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¿Qué quieres?

  • ¿Dígame?
    • Can I take your order? (In Spain the waiters only say 'tell me').
  • Para comenzar quiero las gambas (🍤) y después la paella. Gracias.
    • To start with I want the prawns and after wards the paella. Thank you.
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La comida

  • ¿Cómo estaba la comida?
    • How was your food?
  • La comida era rica, gracias.
    • The food was delicious, thank you.

Las Opiniones - Opinions

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Key vocab

  • Caro - expensive.
  • Decepcionado, decepcionante - disappointing.
  • Fatal - bad.
  • Asqueroso/a - disgusting.
  • Malo/a - bad.
  • Horroroso/a - horrible.
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Key vocab

  • Barato/a - cheap.
  • Bueno/a - good.
  • Estupendo/a - great.
  • Rico - delicious.
  • Maravilloso/a - marvellous.
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Mi plato

  • Mi plato era asqueroso y caro.
    • My meal was disgusting and expensive.
  • Mi plato era maravilloso, ¡que rico!
    • My meal was marvellous, how tasty!
  • Ayer, la comida tenía un olor horroroso pero era rica.
    • Last night the food had a horrible smell but it was delicious.
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La comida

  • ¿Cómo estaba la comida?
    • How was the food?
  • La comida era decepcionante y demasiado caro.
    • The food was dissapointing and too expensive.

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