🍔 Fast Food
In this section you will learn useful Spanish vocabulary for fast food and common phrases for ordering meals, choosing sizes, customizing your order, and asking for food to go.
🟢 Basic Fast Food Vocabulary
🍔 Burger → Hamburguesa
🍟 French fries → Papas fritas / Patatas fritas
🍕 Pizza → Pizza
🌭 Hot dog → Perro caliente / Perrito caliente
🥤 Soft drink → Refresco / Gaseosa
🍗 Fried chicken → Pollo frito
🍗 Chicken nuggets → Nuggets de pollo
🍔 Cheeseburger → Hamburguesa con queso
🟡 Fast Food Ordering Vocabulary
🍽️ Menu → Menú
🍔 Combo meal → Combo / Menú
🛒 Order → Pedido
🥡 To go / Takeout → Para llevar
🍽️ To eat here → Para comer aquí
🧾 Receipt → Recibo / Ticket
💳 To pay → Pagar
💵 Cash → Efectivo
🥤 Sizes & Customizing Your Order
🔹 Small → Pequeño / Pequeña
🔸 Medium → Mediano / Mediana
🔴 Large → Grande
➕ Extra → Extra
🚫 Without → Sin
➕ With → Con
🧀 Extra cheese → Queso extra
🧅 Without onions → Sin cebolla
💬 Common Fast Food Phrases
🍔 Quiero una hamburguesa con queso, por favor.
I want a cheeseburger, please.
I want a cheeseburger, please.
🍟 Quisiera unas papas fritas grandes.
I would like a large order of fries.
I would like a large order of fries.
🥤 Quiero un refresco mediano.
I want a medium soft drink.
I want a medium soft drink.
🥡 Todo para llevar, por favor.
Everything to go, please.
Everything to go, please.
🍔 Customizing Your Order
🧅 Sin cebolla, por favor.
No onion, please.
No onion, please.
🧀 Quiero queso extra.
I want extra cheese.
I want extra cheese.
🥫 ¿Me puede dar más salsa?
Can you give me more sauce?
Can you give me more sauce?
🧊 Sin hielo, por favor.
No ice, please.
No ice, please.
🥤 ¿Puedo cambiar el refresco por agua?
Can I change the soft drink for water?
Can I change the soft drink for water?
🌎 Regional Vocabulary Tip
The word for French fries varies by region. Papas fritas is common in much of Latin America, while patatas fritas is common in Spain.
For soft drink, you may hear refresco, gaseosa, or other regional terms depending on the country.
The term for hot dog also varies. Perro caliente and perrito caliente are widely understood, while many countries have their own regional expressions.
A fast-food combo meal may be called a combo in many Latin American countries, while menú is commonly used for a complete meal option in Spain.
💬 Ordering Fast Food
Ordering a combo:
A: ¿Qué desea ordenar?
B: Quiero una hamburguesa con queso y papas fritas, por favor.
A: ¿Qué desea tomar?
B: Un refresco mediano.
A: What would you like to order?
B: I want a cheeseburger and fries, please.
A: What would you like to drink?
B: A medium soft drink.
A: ¿Qué desea ordenar?
B: Quiero una hamburguesa con queso y papas fritas, por favor.
A: ¿Qué desea tomar?
B: Un refresco mediano.
A: What would you like to order?
B: I want a cheeseburger and fries, please.
A: What would you like to drink?
B: A medium soft drink.
For here or to go:
A: ¿Para comer aquí o para llevar?
B: Para llevar, por favor.
A: For here or to go?
B: To go, please.
A: ¿Para comer aquí o para llevar?
B: Para llevar, por favor.
A: For here or to go?
B: To go, please.
📝 Example Sentences
🍔 La hamburguesa con queso está deliciosa.
The cheeseburger is delicious.
The cheeseburger is delicious.
🍟 Las papas fritas están calientes y crujientes.
The fries are hot and crispy.
The fries are hot and crispy.
🍗 Quiero nuggets de pollo con salsa.
I want chicken nuggets with sauce.
I want chicken nuggets with sauce.
🍕 Pedimos una pizza grande para compartir.
We ordered a large pizza to share.
We ordered a large pizza to share.
🥡 Mi pedido es para llevar.
My order is to go.
My order is to go.
💳 ¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?
Can I pay by card?
Can I pay by card?
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- Quiero una hamburguesa con queso.
- Un refresco mediano, por favor.
- Sin cebolla, por favor.
- ¿Puedo cambiar el refresco por agua?
- Todo para llevar, por favor.
- ¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?