Spanish to Use at a Fast-Food Restaurant

Quick Answer

This article will teach you vocabulary and useful phrases in Spanish to use at a restaurante de comida rápida(fast-food restaurant).

Questions This Article Answers

What does autorrestaurante mean?

What does hacer fila mean?

What does sobrecito mean?

What does sorbete mean?

How do you say For here or to go? in Spanish?

How do you say hot dog in Spanish?

How do you say tater tots in Spanish?

How do you say cheesecake in Spanish?

At a Fast-Food Restaurant

Let's start with basic vocabulary related to restaurantes de comida rápida.

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
autorrestaurante	drive-thru	número de pedido	order number
bandeja	tray	orden	order
baño	restroom, toilet	pagar con tarjeta	pay by card
combo	combo	pagar en efectivo	pay with cash
comida	meal, food	pedido	order
comida rápida	fast food	propina	tip
especial	special	restaurante de comida rápida	fast-food restaurant
gerente	manager	servilleta	napkin
llamador	pager	ticket	ticket
menú	menu	total	total
menú infantil	kids’ menu	vaso de plástico	plastic cup
mesa	table	vegano	vegan

examples
¿Me darías más servilletas? Can I have extra napkins?
El llamador vibrará cuando tu comida esté lista. The pager will vibrate when your meal is ready.
Aquí tienes el ticket. En la parte inferior puedes ver tu número de pedido. Here’s your ticket. You can see your order number at the bottom.

Here's a list of useful verbs you can use at a restaurante de comida rápida.

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
añadir	to add	llevar	to take away
comer aquí	to eat in	pagar	to pay
esperar a un lado	to wait on the side	pedir	to order
hacer cola	to stand in line, to queue up	pedir comida	to order food
hacer fila	to stand in line, to queue up	tardar	to take

examples
¿Quieres añadirle papas fritas a tu pedido? Do you want to add fries to your order?
Por favor, espera a un lado hasta que te llamemos. Please wait on the side until we call your name.

For Here or To Go?

Let's see the different translations of For here or to go?:

• ¿Para aquí o para llevar?

• ¿Para comer aquí o para llevar?(food)

• ¿Para tomar aquí o para llevar?(drinks)

Fast-Food Restaurant Menu

Let's see some examples of food and drinks you can find on the menú(menu) of a restaurante de comida rápida.

Starters

Examples of entradas(starters):

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
alitas de búfalo	buffalo wings	nachos	nachos
alitas de pollo	chicken wings	nuggets de pollo	chicken nuggets
guacamole	guacamole	palitos de mozzarella	mozzarella sticks

Mains

Examples of platos principales(mains):

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
albóndigas	meatballs	perrito empanado	corn dog
burrito	burrito	perro caliente	hot dog
carne	meat	pescado	fish
cerdo	pork	pescado frito con papas fritas(Lat. Am.)	fish and chips
dedo de pollo	chicken tender	pescado frito con patatas fritas(Spain)	fish and chips
ensalada	salad	pizza	pizza
hamburguesa	hamburger	pollo	chicken
hamburguesa con queso	cheeseburger	pollo frito	fried chicken
hamburguesa de pescado	fish burger	quesadilla	quesadilla
hamburguesa de pollo	chicken burger	salchicha empanizada	corn dog
jocho(Mexico)	hot dog	sándwich	sandwich
kebab	kebab	sándwich de dos pisos	club sandwich
pancho(River Plate)	hot dog	taco	taco

Dressings

Examples of aderezos(dressings):

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
kétchup	ketchup	salsa	sauce
mayonesa	mayo, mayonnaise	salsa barbacoa	BBQ sauce
mostaza	mustard	salsa picante	hot sauce
mostaza de miel	honey mustard	tabasco	tabasco

Sides

Examples of acompañamientos(sides):

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
papa al horno	baked potato	aros de cebolla	onion rings
papas fritas(Lat. Am.)	French fries, chips	papas gajo	potato wedges
patatas fritas(Spain)	French fries, chips	boniatos fritos	sweet potato fries
torta de papa	hash browns	croquetas de puré de papa	tater tots

What Size?

You can use the following words to talk about the tamaño(size) of the servings(porciones).

Spanish	English
pequeño	small
mediano	medium
grande	large

Drinks

Examples of bebidas(drinks):

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
agua	water	hielo	ice
agua con gas	sparkling water	jugo de naranja	orange juice
Coca-Cola	Coca-Cola	limonada	lemonade
Fanta	Fanta	refresco de máquina	fountain drink
gaseosa	soda, fizzy drink	Sprite	Sprite

Desserts

Examples of postres(desserts):

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
brownie	brownie	magdalena	muffin
copa de helado	sundae	pay de queso	cheesecake
dónut	doughnut	rosquilla	doughnut
helado	ice cream	tarta de queso	cheesecake

More Vocabulary

Here's a list with more vocabulary related to restaurantes de comida rápida.

Spanish	English	Spanish	English
adicional	extra	picante	spicy
brocheta	skewer	pimienta	pepper
caja	box	pincho	skewer
cebolla	onion	porción	portion, serving
combo	combo	queso	cheese
cubo	bucket	rebanada de pizza	slice of pizza
cuchara	spoon	sal	salt
cuchillo	knife	salsa	dip, sauce
extra	extra	sobrecito	packet
lechuga	lettuce	sorbete	straw
pan	bread	tenedor	fork
panecillo	bun	tocino	bacon

examples
¿Puedo tomar tu pedido? Can I take your order?
¿Me daría una hamburguesa? Sin lechuga, por favor. Can I have a hamburger? No lettuce, please.
Quisiera el combo XL, por favor. I'll have the XL combo, please.
¿Me daría una porción pequeña de aros de cebolla? Can I have a small portion of onion rings?
¿Le podría añadir una porción grande de papas fritas con kétchup? Could you add a large serving of fries with ketchup?
¿Tienen salsa picante? Do you have hot sauce?

Conversation at a Fast-Food Restaurant

Let's look at an example of a conversation at a restaurante de comida rápida.

Employee:

¡Hola! ¡Bienvenido a Sobremesa! ¿Qué te puedo servir?

Hi! Welcome to Sobremesa! What can I get for you?

Customer:

Hola. Quiero un cubo pequeño de alitas de búfalo, una hamburguesa de pollo y una hamburguesa con queso.

Hello. I'll have a small bucket of buffalo wings, a chicken burger, and a cheeseburger.

Employee:

Perfecto. ¿Quieres acompañarlo con papas fritas?

Perfect. Do you want a side of fries with that?

Customer:

Sí. Una porción pequeña de papas fritas, por favor. ¿Podrías añadirle kétchup adicional?

Yes, a small side of fries, please. Could you add extra ketchup?

Employee:

¡Claro! ¿Qué te gustaría beber?

Will do! What would you like to drink?

Customer:

Dos Coca-Colas medianas, por favor.

Two medium Cokes, please.

Employee:

Bien. ¿Y te gustaría añadir algún postre?

Good. And would you like to add some dessert?

Customer:

No, gracias.

No, thank you.

Employee:

Bien. Entonces tenemos un cubo pequeño de alitas de búfalo, una hamburguesa de pollo, una hamburguesa con queso, una porción pequeña de papas fritas y dos Coca-Colas medianas.

Okay. So, that's a small bucket of buffalo wings, a chicken burger, a cheeseburger, a small side of fries, and two medium Cokes.

Customer:

Correcto. ¿Cuánto es?

Correct. How much is it?

Employee:

En total son 27 dólares con 80 centavos.

Your total comes to 27 dollars and 80 cents.

Customer:

Aquí tienes.

Here you are.

Employee:

Gracias. Aquí tienes el vuelto y tu ticket. Puedes esperar el pedido allí.

Thank you. Here’s your change and your ticket. You can wait for your order over there.

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