¡Una cerveza, por favor!
A beer, please!
At a packed bar with loud music, a short order wins: una cerveza plus por favor, and you're done.
From Ligeramente embarazada · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "beer" in Spanish
la cerveza
nounfeminineplural: las cervezas
"Beer" in Spanish is la cerveza. To order one, say Una cerveza, por favor, and for two, dos cervezas. In Spain a small draft beer is una caña, and in Mexico you'll hear the slang word una chela.
Hear "cerveza" in real movie scenes
An order at the bar and an escape plan. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Mejor vamos por una cerveza.
Let's go get a beer instead.
In the middle of a noisy kids' party, the adults plan their escape to a quiet beer somewhere else. Ir por una cerveza means to go get one.
From Los cazafantasmas 2 · Spanish audio
Ordering beer in Spanish
The word changes with the glass, the bottle and the country.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| una cerveza | a beer | Understood in every Spanish-speaking country. |
| una caña | a small draft beer | Spain. The standard bar order there. |
| un tercio | a one-third liter bottle | Spain. |
| una chela | a beer | Informal. Common in Mexico and Peru. |
| una clara | beer mixed with lemon soda | Spain. Similar to a shandy. |
| una cerveza sin alcohol | an alcohol-free beer | Same word everywhere. |
Tip: Ask for una cerveza bien fría when you want it ice-cold.
Grammar: la cerveza, las cervezas
Four points for ordering and talking about beer.
Feminine: la cerveza
la cerveza, una cerveza, las cervezas. Adjectives end in -a: una cerveza fría.Counting beers
una cerveza, dos cervezas, otra cerveza for another one. Otra stands alone, with no una in front.Liking beer takes la
With gustar, keep the article for beer in general: Me gusta la cerveza. ¿No te gusta la cerveza?Say it like a local
The v is a soft b. Latin America says the c and z as s: sehr-BEH-sah. Most of Spain uses a th sound: thehr-BEH-thah.Example sentences
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Una cerveza, por favor.
A beer, please.
Dos cervezas, por favor.
Two beers, please.
¿No te gusta la cerveza?
Don't you like beer?
Una cerveza y el calamar.
A beer and the squid.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗una otra cerveza
✓otra cerveza
Otra already means "another", so drop the una.
✗Me gusta cerveza
✓Me gusta la cerveza
When you talk about beer in general after gustar, add la.
✗una cereza (ordering a beer)
✓una cerveza
Cereza is a cherry. The beer word has a v in the middle.
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How to remember it
Cerveza is cereza, cherry, with a v slipped into the middle. Picture a cherry bobbing in a cold glass of beer.
Questions about "beer" in Spanish
How do you say beer in Spanish?
La cerveza. One beer is una cerveza, and two are dos cervezas.
How do you order a beer in Spanish?
Say Una cerveza, por favor. In Spain you can also ask for una caña, a small draft beer.
What does chela mean in Spanish?
Chela is a casual word for beer, heard a lot in Mexico and Peru.
How do you say "another beer" in Spanish?
Otra cerveza, por favor. Leave out una before otra.
