Bar español: tapa, media ración o ración
Guía breve: cómo pedir cantidades en bares (tapa, media ración, ración) con mini-actividad.
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Quick guide to ordering portion sizes in bars (mini reference).
Tapa = small portion to try with your drink. Tapas culture: sharing and picking at a bit of everything.
Media ración = less than a full plate; Ración = large plate. Useful for sharing. (ración ≈ portion; media = half).
Pincho/pintxo: tapa served on bread, typical of the Basque Country; bar counters full of pintxos.
Useful phrases: Para compartir, ¿nos ponéis una media ración de calamares?
More phrases: ¿Me pones una ración de bravas? ¿Nos traes un poco de pan? (un poco de = a bit of / a little).
In some southern cities you get a free tapa with your drink. Question: ¿Ponéis tapa con la caña?
Comprehension check:
¿Cuál es la opción más grande?
la ración
el pincho
la tapa
"Ración" is usually a large plate to share; "tapa" and "pincho" are small portions.
Remember: ración = big shared dish, tapa/pincho = small.
Completa: Para ___, pedimos una ración.
compartir
llevar
desayunar
Ración is often ordered to share between several people.
Hint: ración is usually ordered for everyone to share.
En el norte (País Vasco), la tapa sobre pan se llama…
pincho/pintxo
media ración
ración
In the Basque Country pintxos/pinchos are typical (tapas on bread with a cocktail stick).
You saw this word on the slide with the bar counter in the north.
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