{"id":144931,"date":"2023-09-13T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/how-to-order-drinks-in-spanish\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T00:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T05:55:59","slug":"how-to-order-drinks-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/how-to-order-drinks-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"140+ Words and Phrases for Drinks in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my first week of high school Spanish, I carefully memorized this sentence: Yo quisiera un refresco, por favor.<\/em> (I would like a soft drink please.)\u00a0But in the years that I have since spent out ordering drinks in Spain and Latin America, I’ve never once heard anything close to that.<\/p>\n

Instead, if someone walks into a corner bar in Madrid, for example, they’re much more likely to plop down at a stool and say: Una Coca-Cola.<\/em> (A Coca-Cola.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this guide, I’ll present to you how to realistically talk\u00a0about and order drinks in Spanish, complete with vocabulary lists and practical phrases.<\/p>\n

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Bebidas \u2014 “Drinks” in Spanish<\/h2>\n

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In general, there\u2019s one all-around term for drinks in Spanish: bebidas<\/strong><\/em>. Whether you\u2019re talking about soda, juice, alcohol or even plain water, bebidas<\/em> covers all of these.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an exception to this, though. Vocabulary can sometimes be different in Spanish-speaking countries, and in Chile, bebidas<\/em> just means sodas\u2014they call drinks bebestibles<\/em> instead.<\/p>\n

When you look at menus, you might see drinks listed under bebidas alcoh\u00f3licas<\/strong><\/em> (alcoholic drinks) and bebidas sin alcohol<\/strong><\/em> (non-alcoholic drinks). In most countries, a trago<\/strong><\/em> (literally “gulp”) also refers to an alcoholic drink, though it’s more common to find in spoken Spanish.<\/p>\n

As mentioned above, the most standard way to order drinks is with the indefinite articles un<\/em> or una<\/em> (“a”) followed by the name of the thirst-quencher. So if you’re thirsty and in a rush, you can order right away using only the first part of the vocabulary list below!<\/p>\n

The Names of Drinks in Spanish<\/h2>\n

Water in Spanish<\/h3>\n

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