17. At the restaurant

Restaurant

breakfast

esmorzar

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

snacks, appetizers

aperitiu

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

beverages

begudes

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

first courses

primers plats

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

main courses

segons plats

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

cooking techniques

maneres de cuinar

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

sauces and side dishes

salses i acompanyaments

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

side dishes

guarnicions

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

desserts

postres

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

general vocabulary

Vocabulari general

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

At the restaurant

Funcionament del restaurant

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

Ordering food and beverages

Demanar el menjar i la beguda

I would like
- a coffee
- an ice cream
- a beer
Voldria prendre
- un cafè
- un gelat
- una cervesa
Do you have
- stuffed olives?
- orange juice?
- chips?

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

Talking to other people at the table

Parlar amb companys i companyes de taula

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

Paying

Pagar

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