17. Restaurant

At the restaurant

esmorzar

breakfast

cereals
cereals
coca
long flat cake
croissant
croissant
embotit
sausage (generic)
ensaïmada
spiral-shaped pastry
entrepà
sandwich
formatge
cheese
galetes
biscuits
mantega
butter
mel
honey
melmelada
jam
ou dur
hard-boiled egg
ou passat per aigua
soft-boiled egg, boiled egg
pa amb tomàquet
bread rubbed with tomato
pa integral
wholemeal bread, whole wheat bread
pa torrat
toast
panet
roll
pasta
pastry
pernil
ham
sacarina
saccharin
sucre
sugar
xocolata desfeta
hot chocolate

aperitiu

snacks, appetizers

ametlles salades
salted almonds
ametlles torrades
toasted almonds
anxoves
anchovies
cacauets
peanuts
daus de formatge
cheese cubes
daus de pernil
ham cubes
escopinyes
clams
olives farcides
stuffed olives
olives negres
black olives
olives verdes
green olives
patates braves
sautéed potatoes served with a spicy tomato sauce
patates fregides
chips, crisps
tapa de calamars
squid slices fried in batter
tapa de gambes
shrimp tapa
tapa de xoriço
seasoned red sausage tapa

begudes

beverages

aigua amb gas
sparkling mineral water
aigua mineral
still mineral water
aigua sense gas
still water
cacaolat
chocolate milk shake
cafè
coffee
cafè amb llet
white coffee, regular coffee
cafè descafeïnat
decaffeinated coffee
canya
small beer
cava
Catalan champagne
cervesa
beer
cervesa sense alcohol
alcohol-free beer
granissat
iced (lemon) drink
infusió
herbal tea
llet
milk
llimonada
lemonade
orxata
orxata (cold tiger nut drink)
refresc
soft drink
suc de fruita
fruit juice
tallat
a small white coffee
taronjada
orangeade
te amb llet
white tea
te amb llimona
lemon tea
vermut
vermouth
vi blanc
white wine
vi negre
red wine
vi rosat
rosé wine

primers plats

first courses

amanida
salad
arròs
rice
bròquil
broccoli
canelons
cannelloni
cigrons
chickpeas
coliflor
cauliflower
entremès
starter
escudella
stew
espagueti
spaghetti
espinacs
spinach
esqueixada
cod salad
fideus a la cassola
stewed noodles
llegums
legumes
llenties
lentils
macarrons
macaroni
meló amb pernil
ham and melon
mongetes
beans
mongetes tendres
kidney beans
paella
paella
puré
purée
sopa
soup
verdura
boiled vegetables

segons plats

main courses

bacallà
cod
bistec
steak
botifarra
pork sausage
carn
meat
conill
rabbit
croquetes
croquettes
estofat
braised veal and potatoes
fricandó
fricassee
hamburguesa
hamburger
llenguado
sole
llom
loin
lluç
hake
mandonguilles
meatballs
marisc
seafood
ou ferrat
fried egg
peix congelat
frozen fish
peix fresc
fresh fish
pizza
pizza
pollastre
chicken
porc
pork
rap
monkfish
salsitxa
sausage
salsitxa de Frankfurt
frankfurter sausage
sardines
sardines
tall de carn
slice of meat
truita
omelette
truita amb patates
Spanish omelette
vedella
veal
xai , be
lamb

maneres de cuinar

cooking techniques

a la brasa
charcoal-grilled
a la marinera
garlic and parsley sauce
a la planxa
grilled
a la romana
fried in batter
al caliu
charcoal broiled
al forn
baked
al vapor
steamed
amanit, amanida
seasoned
arrebossat, arrebossada
coated in bread crumbs
bullit, bullida
boiled
cru, crua
raw
cuit, cuita
well-done
dolç, dolça
sweet
en escabetx
marinated
farcit, farcida
stuffed
fregit, fregida
fried
fumat, fumada
smoked
gratinat, gratinada
au gratin
picada
pounded garlic, parsley and almond thickener
picant
spicy
remenat, remenada
scrambled
rostit, rostida
roasted
salat, salada
salted
sofregit, sofregida
sautéed (lightly fried with onion and garlic)

salses i acompanyaments

sauces and side dishes

allioli
allioli (oil and garlic sauce)
beixamel
béchamel sauce
formatge ratllat
grated cheese
maionesa
mayonnaise
mantega
butter
mostassa
mustard
oli
oil
pa
bread
pebre
pepper
romesco
romesco (dried red pepper, garlic and almond sauce)
sal
salt
salsa de tomàquet
tomato sauce
salsa rosa
cocktail sauce
salsa verda
parsley sauce
suc
juice
vinagre
vinegar
vinagreta
vinaigrette

guarnicions

side dishes

albergínia
aubergine, eggplant
arròs blanc
boiled rice
bolets
mushrooms
carbassó
courgette, zucchini
carxofa
artichoke
escalivada
baked red pepper, aubergine and onion
patates fregides
chips, french fries
pebrot
red or green pepper
puré de patates
mashed potatoes
samfaina
ratatouille
verdures
vegetables
xampinyons
mushrooms

postres

desserts

crema catalana
custard
flam
crème caramel
formatge
cheese
fruita
fruit
gelat de vainilla
vanilla ice cream
gelat de xocolata
chocolate ice cream
iogurt amb fruites
fruit yoghurt
iogurt natural
natural yoghurt
macedònia
fruit salad
maduixes amb nata
strawberries with cream
mel i mató
curd cheese and honey
melmelada
jam
meló
melon
músic
nuts and dried fruit
pastís
cake
pera
pear
pinya
pineapple
plàtan
banana
poma
apple
préssec
peach
préssec en almívar
peaches in syrup
raïm
grapes
taronja
orange

Vocabulari general

general vocabulary

amanir
season (to)
ampolla
bottle
barra
French loaf
berenar
have tea (to)
beure
drink (to)
brindar
toast (to)
cadira
chair
caixer, caixera
cashier
calent, calenta
hot
cambrer, cambrera
waiter / waitress
canya
drinking straw
carta
menu
coberts
cutlery
compte
bill
copa
wine / champagne glass
coure
cook (to)
cuiner, cuinera
cook
cullera
spoon
cullereta
teaspoon
demanar
order (to)
dinar
have lunch (to)
equivocar-se
be mistaken (to)
escalfar
heat up (to)
escuradents
toothpick
esmorzar
have breakfast (to)
estovalles
tablecloth
forquilla
fork
fred ,freda
cold ( temperature)
ganivet
knife
gel
ice
gerro
vase
got
glass
llista
list
menjar
eat (to)
menú
set menu
plat
dish
plat combinat
one course set meal
repassar
check over (to)
safata
tray
sal
salt
saler
saltcellar, salt shaker
setrilleres
cruet set
sopar
have dinner (to)
sucre
sugar
tassa
cup
tastar
taste (to)
taula
table
tirabuixó
corkscrew
tovalló
serviette, napkin
vegetarià, vegetariana
vegetarian

Funcionament del restaurant

At the restaurant

Hi ha
- tiquets?
- abonaments?
- targetes?
Are there
- any tickets?
- any season tickets?
- any cards?
He d'ensenyar el carnet?
Do I have to show my card?
Hi ha taula per a
- dues persones?
- tres persones?
- quatre persones?
Have you a table
- for two?
- for three?
- for four?
Podem seure aquí?
May we sit here?
M'hauré d'esperar gaire estona?
Will I have to wait long?
Vull veure la carta, sisplau
I would like to see the menu, please
Hi ha menú del dia?
Is there a special menu today?
Hi ha menú
- vegetarià?
- sense sal?
- de règim?
Is there
- a vegetarian
- a salt-free
- a diet
menu?
Deixi'm veure la llista de plats combinats, sisplau
Could you please let me see the one course set meal menu, please?
On hi ha
- els tovallons?
- els plats?
- els gots?
Where are
- the serviettes, napkins?
- the plates?
- the glasses?
On hi ha els coberts?
Where is the cutlery?
On hi ha
- una cullera,
- una forquilla,
- un ganivet,
- una cullereta,
sisplau?
Where can I find
- a spoon,
- a fork,
- a knife,
- a teaspoon,
please?
Puc agafar
- la sal,
- les setrilleres,
- la safata,
sisplau?
May I take
- the salt,
- the cruet set,
- the tray,
please?
On són
- els escuradents,
- les copes,
- les begudes,
sisplau?
Where are
- the toothpicks,
- the glasses,
- the beverages,
please?
On és
- el pa, sisplau?
- el telèfon?
Where is
- the bread, please?
- the phone?
On són els lavabos, sisplau?
Where are the toilets, please?

Demanar el menjar i la beguda

Ordering food and beverages

Voldria prendre
- un cafè
- un gelat
- una cervesa
I would like
- a coffee
- an ice cream
- a beer

- olives farcides?
- suc de taronja?
- patates fregides?
Do you have
- stuffed olives?
- orange juice?
- chips?
Vull
- un entrepà de pernil
- una truita a la francesa
- un plat combinat
- un bistec a la planxa
I want
- a ham sandwich
- a plain omelette
- a one course set meal
- a grilled steak
Faci'm
- unes torrades amb tomàquet
- una infusió
- el plat número tres
- una pizza Quatre Estacions
Please I'd like
- some pieces of toast rubbed with tomato
- herbal tea
- dish number three
- a four-seasons pizza
Voldria
- el menú del dia
- un iogurt
- mel i mató
- una paella
I would like to have
- today's special menu
- a yoghurt
- curd cheese and honey
- a paella
Porti'm
- una cervesa,
- una amanida,
- una ampolla de vi de la casa,
- més pa,
sisplau
Please bring me
- a beer
- a salad
- a bottle of house wine
- some more bread
Què hi ha de
- fruita?
- postres?
- verdura?
- peix?
What
- fruit
- dessert
- vegetables
- fish
do you have?
M'agradaria tastar
- l'orxata
- la botifarra
- les llenties
- un ou ferrat
I would like to have
- the tiger nut drink
- the pork sausage
- the lentils
- a fried egg
Què em recomana?
What do you recommend?
Avui, què hi ha?
What's today's special?
Avui, què m'aconsella?
What do you recommend today?
Deixi'm veure la carta, sisplau
Please let me see the menu
Què és
- l'allioli?
- la samfaina?
What is
- allioli?
- samfaina?
Què vol dir
- escalivada?
- romesco?
What does
- escalivada
- romesco
mean?
M'agrada
- la carn poc cuita
- el formatge ben prim
- la llet freda
- la sopa molt calenta
- el pa no gaire gruixut
I like
- my steak rare
- cheese in thin slices
- cold milk
- very hot soup
- quite thin slices of bread
Em pot embolicar
- aquesta pasta?
- l'entrepà?
Me l'emportaré
Could you please wrap up
- this pastry?
- this sandwich?
I want to take it away with me
Em pot canviar aquest plat?
Could you please change this meal?
Em pot escalfar aquest plat?
Could you heat up this meal?
Això no és el que havia demanat
This is not what I ordered
Aquest menjar
- no és bo
- és massa salat
- és massa picant
This food
- is not good
- is too salty
- is too spicy

Parlar amb companys i companyes de taula

Talking to other people at the table

Passa'm
- la sal,
- el pa,
sisplau
Could you please pass
- the salt
- the bread
Vols
- aigua?
- postres?
Do you want
- some water?
- a dessert?
Posa'm una mica més
- de vi,
- d'aigua,
sisplau
Could you pour me just a little
- wine
- water
please?
Deixa'm
- els escuradents,
- les setrilleres,
- l'ampolla,
sisplau
Please could you pass
- the toothpicks
- the cruet set
- the bottle
Vols tastar...?
Do you want to taste...?
És boníssim / és boníssima!
It's delicious!
Tinc molta gana
I am very hungry
No tinc gaire gana
I am not very hungry
Ja estàs?
Have you finished?
Bon profit!
Enjoy your meal!
Que vagi de gust!
Enjoy your meal!
Brindem?
Shall we drink a toast?

Pagar

Paying

El compte, sisplau
The bill, please
Quant val?
How much is it?
On és la caixa?
Where is the till?
Puc pagar amb targeta?
May I pay with a card?
Em pot donar el tiquet de caixa?
Can you give me the receipt?
Em torna canvi de més
You've given me too much change
El canvi no està bé
The change is not correct
Em sembla que s'ha equivocat
I think you have made a mistake with this bill
Pot repassar el compte, sisplau?
Could you please check the bill?
Aquesta ampolla de vi no és meva
This bottle of wine is not mine
Aquest compte no és el meu
This is not my bill
Jo he demanat...
I have ordered...
Aquí hi diu...
Here it says...