Hungry? How to start ordering meals in Catalan? These include some of the queries you’ll have whenever visiting in a Catalan speaking place. Learn More
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Click here to read the Catalan dinner terms quite easily that can be used when it comes to ordering meals in Catalan dining establishments and cafes.
A table for one person/two people, please. | Una taula per una persona/dues persones, si us plau. (OO-nah TOW-lah pehr OO-nah pehr-SOH-nehs/DOO-ehs pehr-SOH-nehs, see oos plow) |
Can I look at the menu, please? | Puc veure el menú, si us plau? (pook beh-OO-reh ehl meh-NOO, see oos plow?) |
Can I look in the kitchen? | Puc veure la cuina? (pook beh-OO-reh luh koo-EE-nah?) |
Is there a house specialty? | Teniu cap especialitat de la casa? (TEH-new kahp ehs-peh-THYAH-lee-taht deh lah KAH-sah?) |
Is there a local specialty? | Teniu cap plat típic? (TEH-new kahp pluht TEE-peek?) |
I'm a vegetarian. | Sóc vegetarià. (SOHK beh-jeh-tah-RYAH) |
I don't eat pork. | No menjo porc. (noh MEHN-zhoh pohrk) |
I don't eat beef. | No menjo vedella. (noh MEHN-zhoh beh-DEHL-lyah) |
I only eat kosher food. | Només menjo menjar caixer. (noh-MEHS MEH-nyoh MEHN-zhahr kah-shehr) |
Can you make it "lite", please? (less oil/butter/lard) | Pots fer-m'ho més lleuger, si us plau? (amb menys oli/mantega/llard) |
fixed-price meal | menú de la casa (meh-NOO-der-lah-KAH-zah) |
à la carte | a la carta (ah lah KAHR-tah) |
breakfast | esmorzar (ehs-MOHR-zahr) |
lunch | dinar (DEE-nahr) |
tea (meal) | tè (TEH) |
supper | sopar (SOH-pahr) |
I want _____. | Vull _____. (vool) |
I want a dish containing _____. | Vull un plat que tingui _____. (vool oon plaht keh TEEN-kee______) |
chicken | pollastre (pohl-LYAHS-treh) |
beef | vedella (beh-DEHL-lyah) |
fish | peix (paysh) |
ham | pernil (...) |
sausage | salsitxes (...) |
cheese | formatge (foor-MAT-zhuh) |
eggs | ous (...) |
salad | amanida (...) |
(fresh) vegetables | verdura (fresca) (...) |
(fresh) fruit | fruita (fresca) (...) |
bread | pa (...) |
toast | torrades (...) |
noodles | fideus (...) |
rice | arròs (...) |
beans | mongetes (mohn-ZHEH-tehs) |
May I have a glass of _____? | Em pots dur un got de _____? (ehm pohts door oon goht deh____?) |
May I have a cup of _____? | Em pots dur una tassa de _____? (ehm pohts OO-nah TAHS-sah deh____?) |
May I have a bottle of _____? | Em pots dur una ampolla de _____? (ehm pohts door OO-nuh ahm-POH-lyah deh____?) |
coffee | café (kah-FEH) |
tea (drink) | te (TEH) |
juice | suc de fruita (sook deh FROOI-tuh) |
(bubbly) water | aigua amb gas (I-gwah ahmb gahs) |
water | aigua (I-gwah) |
beer | cervesa (ser-BEH-sah); (informal) birra (BEER-rah) |
red/white wine | vi negre/blanc (bee NEH-greh/blahnk) |
May I have some _____? | Podries dur-me una mica de _____? (POH-dryehs door-meh OO-nuh MEE-kah deh______?) |
salt | sal (SAHL) |
black pepper | pebre (PEH-breh) |
butter | mantega (mahn-TEH-guh) |
Excuse me, waiter? (getting attention of server) | Perdoni, cambrer? (pehr-DOH-nee, KAHM-brehr?) |
I'm finished. | Ja he acabat. (yah eh uh-KAH-baht) |
It was delicious. | Estava deliciós. (ehs-TAH-bah deh-lee-SYOHS) |
Please clear the plates. | Pots endur-te els plats. (pohts ehn-DOOR-teh ehls plahts) |
The check, please. | El compte, si us plau. (ehl KOHMP-teh, see oos plow) |
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