Café & Drinks

1. Unha cervexa de barril, por favor

   A draft beer, please

   Usage

   Used to order a draft beer in a bar or cafe

   Grammar Note

   Cervexa is feminine and is written with x, unlike Spanish "cerveza". De barril, literally "from the barrel", means draught

2. Un café con leite, por favor

   A coffee with milk, please

   Usage

   Orders the standard milky coffee in a cafe

   Grammar Note

   Milk is leite, spelled differently from Spanish "leche". Con means "with"

3. Unha botella de viño albariño, por favor

   A bottle of Albariño wine, please

   Usage

   Orders the well-known Galician white wine in a restaurant

   Grammar Note

   "Wine" is viño, with ñ (Spanish "vino"). Albariño is a grape variety and is also used for the wine itself

4. Auga sen gas, por favor

   Still water, please

   Usage

   Orders still water at a restaurant

   Grammar Note

   Water is auga, spelled differently from Spanish "agua". Sen means "without"

5. Unha queimada, por favor

   A queimada, please

   Usage

   Orders the traditional Galician flaming drink made from aguardiente

   Grammar Note

   The queimada is a Galician drink made by burning augardente (a grape-pomace spirit) with sugar. It is feminine

6. Que bebida típica hai por aquí?

   What is the typical local drink here?

   Usage

   Asks what the typical local drink is

   Grammar Note

   Que is the interrogative "which/what" and has no accent. Bebida is feminine, so típica is too

7. Pode recomendarme un viño da Ribeira Sacra?

   Can you recommend a wine from the Ribeira Sacra?

   Usage

   Asks for a recommendation of wine from an inland Galician wine region

   Grammar Note

   In recomendarme the pronoun attaches to the infinitive with no hyphen. Da is the contraction of de + a

8. Un zume de laranxa, por favor

   An orange juice, please

   Usage

   Orders a juice at a cafe

   Grammar Note

   Juice is zume and orange is laranxa (written with x), unlike Spanish "zumo" and "naranja"

9. Teñen bebidas sen alcol?

   Do you have non-alcoholic drinks?

   Usage

   Asks staff for alcohol-free options

   Grammar Note

   When asking staff use the third-person plural teñen (vostedes); tes is for someone close. Alcol is masculine

10. A conta, por favor

    The bill, please

    Usage

    The standard way to ask for the bill in a restaurant or bar

    Grammar Note

    Conta is the feminine noun for the bill. Por favor is a fixed phrase added at the end

11. a auga mineral

    Mineral water

    Usage

    A word-level card for mineral water

    Grammar Note

    Auga is feminine, with the article a. Mineral is an adjective with one form for both genders

12. a auga quente

    Hot water

    Usage

    A word-level card for hot water

    Grammar Note

    The adjective follows the noun (auga quente). Quente has one form for both genders

13. sen xeo

    No ice

    Usage

    Asks for a drink without ice

    Grammar Note

    Xeo is the masculine noun for ice, written with x. No article follows sen

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