Can i have the bill in spanish

The other day I was in a restaurant with some Latin American friends and one Brit. He was keen on learning some Spanish, so we taught him several words and phrases. When it came to asking for the bill, we taught him the "usual" way you ask for it:

La cuenta, por favor.

Here the question that arose: is there any other way in which you can ask for the bill? And we struggled! We could not come up with any other phrase, beyond some trivial expansions of the above, like:

Me trae la cuenta, por favor.

Looking at this question, I can see other words to refer to the bill, which seem to be local in Spain (none of my friends was Spanish). I've never heard of them.

Besides these examples, are there further ways of asking for the bill in Spanish? Maybe not also in terms of specific words used for the bill (as the post above), but different ways altogether?

Schwale

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asked Sep 3, 2018 at 11:07

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In Argentina we sometimes use

¿Me cobrás?

(adding por favor is optional). That is literally, "Do you (please) charge me?" or less literally "Will you (please now) take my payment?" or "Will you come here so I can pay you?". It's in the informal register with voseo. Without it it would be ¿Me cobras?.

I have the native feeling or intuition that this might sound rude in other places, where formality and indirectness are more valued, and even here in Argentina if the place is other than a pub or a cheap café. I would also like to know if there are places where people ask, e. g. ¿Me cobraría (usted) (por favor)?".

answered Sep 3, 2018 at 11:34

pablodf76pablodf76

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You have several other options. For instance, you can change cuenta for nota, as stated in one of the many meanings of the word:

1. f. Cuenta del importe total de una compra o de una consumición.

Nonetheless the use of nota may sound a bit outdated at least in Spain (I don't know if it's used somewhere else).

If you want a completely different way of asking for the bill, you can say:

¿Me dice qué/cuánto le debo?

Maybe a bit more informal is the following, as suggested by Brian H.:

¿[Me dice] cuánto es?

answered Sep 3, 2018 at 11:37

CharlieCharlie

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En Colombia la más usada es la que mencionas en tu pregunta;

La cuenta por favor

Pero también tenemos

• ¿Cuánto es?

• ¿Qué/Cuánto le pago?

• ¿Qué se debe? / ¿Qué le debo?

y cuando estas en el restaurante de confianza donde conoces a todo el mundo incluso decimos

• ¿Cuánto se perdió?

answered Sep 3, 2018 at 16:21

DGaleanoDGaleano

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Una frase es un grupo de palabras que a menudo aparecen juntas (p.ej. érase una vez).

frase

1. (en general)

a. ¿Me traes la cuenta?

Una palabra o frase que se usa para hablar de la segunda persona informal tú (p. ej. ¿Cómo estás?).

(informal)

"Can I have the bill?" shouted someone from the end of the restaurant."¿Me traes la cuenta?" gritó alguien desde el fondo del restaurante.

b. ¿Me trae la cuenta?

Una palabra o frase que se usa para hablar de la segunda persona formal usted (p. ej. ¿Dónde está usted?).

(formal)

Excuse me! Can I have the bill?¡Perdón! ¿Me trae la cuenta?

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