Lunch Time in Spain
Go for a menú del día with a colleague, order your courses and linger over coffee the Spanish way.
In Spain lunch (la comida) is the main meal and happens around 14h. Many workers go down to a nearby bar for the menú del día: a first course, a second course, bread, a drink and dessert or coffee at a fixed price. Others bring a táper, and in summer many offices switch to jornada intensiva and finish at three. These cards follow a newcomer's first lunch out with a colleague.
- 1
¿Cuánto tiempo tienes para comer?
How long do you get for lunch?
- 2
Una hora, más o menos.
About an hour, usually.
- 3
Aquí comemos a las dos.
Here we have lunch at two.
- 4
¿Bajamos a comer?
Shall we go down for lunch?
- 5
Hoy me he traído táper.
I've brought a packed lunch today.
- 6
¿Tienen menú del día?
Do you have a set lunch menu?
- 7
¿Qué hay de primero?
What's there for the first course?
- 8
De segundo, el pescado.
For the main course, the fish.
- 9
¿Incluye bebida y postre?
Does it include a drink and dessert?
- 10
¿Postre o café?
Dessert or coffee?
- 11
Son doce euros, con pan incluido.
It's twelve euros, bread included.
- 12
Hoy no tengo mucha hambre.
I'm not very hungry today.
- 13
Yo me pido solo una ensalada.
I'll just have a salad.
- 14
En verano tenemos jornada intensiva y como en casa.
In summer we work straight through and I eat at home.
- 15
¿Nos tomamos un café antes de subir?
Shall we have a coffee before going back up?
- 16
Aquí las comidas se alargan muchísimo.
Lunches here go on forever.
- 17
Es la sobremesa, aquí nadie tiene prisa.
It's the sobremesa, nobody's in a hurry here.
- 18
Venga, hoy invito yo.
Come on, it's on me today.
- 19
La próxima te toca a ti.
Next time it's your turn.
- 20
¿Nos cobras cuando puedas?
Can we get the bill when you have a moment?