Dame otra cerveza, por favor.
OR
(especially in Spanish-speaking Caribbean): Dame otra fria, por favor.
Below, I've listed the favorite beers of Spanish-speaking Caribbean, which can be substitued for "cerveza" so you look like you're REALLY in the know.
Medalla (Puerto Rico)
Hatuey (Cuba)
Cristal (Cuba) *worth checking out their website for the snappy jingle: http://www.cervezacristal.com/spanish/index.html
Presidente (Dominican Republic)
I just found this great website about local beer lingo for the DR: http://www.diccionariolibre.com/definition.php?word=cerveza
Polish - po proszę jeszcze jeden piwo
pronounced: po proh-sheh yesh-teh ye-den pee-vo
Chinglish* - ma fan ni, duo yi ping pi jiu
*meaning this is how I'd say at home, but I'm not sure about the grammar :)
You know, this would be such a great place to have a sound feature so we could record how to say it.
German:
Ein weiteres bier bitte
-ayn vayteres be-er bit-uh
Italian:
Una nuova birra per favore
-oona noo-ovah birrah pehr fahv-oh-ray
In Spain just ask for another beer, unless you're in Madrid. Each province has its own type of beer, so asking for a specific type that they most likely don't have makes you look foolish.
Awesome Julie - you're fast! And I should have known that my Spanish grammar is utterly miserable. Thanks!
Lauren, Jon, Eva - thanks! I owe y'all a beer sometime. Can't wait for a Matador meet-up. How many do we have now? 6? C'mon, Matador we can get more!
-Tim
Of course, it's always fun to teach someone how to order a beer in another language, but actually teach them to say "Take your shirt off." Good times.
What about tipping? I know in Ireland it was downright scorned ("Hey mate, you left 'er money 'ere.") While in Germany, you simply rounded up your bill and declared "Stimmt so" (scht-imt so) (essentially, "keep the change")
Germany:
Ordering beer in germany can be whole guide in and of itself. Between the seasons, types, sizes, etc., you can get a whole vocabulary lesson in a single cafe. Dunkelbrau (dark beer/brew) is not the same as a schwartze bier (black beer/lager), even though the terms (black/dark) are used interchangeably in the states.
On a menu, "vom Faß" (v'om f'ass) is "from/of the barrel". Always order from the barrel. If a beer is listed "am flasche" (om flo-scha), it's in a bottle--if you went to Germany to be get bottled German beer, you've wasted a plane ticket.
Thanks OB, good advice. I'm head over heels for Long Trail unfiltered Belgian wheat beer at the moment - Vermont has the best microbrews in the states, that's for darn sure.
In Spanish it can also be "Un mas canya, por favor". When in Spain....
Great topic idea, knowing how to order beer is an important skill :).
“Jõ, fún mi lôtí kan si” – Yòrubá
Here's what it actually looks like written with the complete font - http://www.lemurworks.com/lola/images/beer.gif
Download the true fonts here - http://www.yorubadictionary.com/YORUBAOK.TTF
Russian: Pazhalusta, ya hotchoo butilka pivo.
German: Eine mehr bier, bitte.
Portuguese: Eu quero um mais cerveja, por favor.
Chinese: Ching, ee guh pijo.
At least, that's how I'd ask...
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Ok, a few people have mentioned German on this one but I think they're off the mark and I'd lke to set the record straight.
By far the most common way to order a beer in Germany is to say "Noch ein Bier, bitte," or just "Noch eins".
If you're down at Oktoberfest later this month and you want to sound like a local, say "No ein Maß!" (where Maß is pronounced like moss, the green fury stuff). Then stomp your feet and look jolly and you'll get that next beer.
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Thanks to Chile's ethnic mash-up, tap beer is schop, which came from German, if I am not mistaken (could any matador folks fluent in German verify that?). So to ask for another beer from a tap, you'd say "otra schop, por favor."
In Argentina they say "Un cerveza mas por favor" not so much "Un mas cerveza por favor"...that's more of the literal American translation.
In Portugal: Uma cerveja mais, por favor
In Latvia: Ludzu, viens alus
Just "alus" in all three Baltic countries works...
Maybe because I live so far down south in Japan. we speak differently:
Biiru mo ippon, kudasai (for a bottle)
Biiru mo ippai, kudasai (for a glass)
Nama or Jokii (for a draft mug)
Cheers,
Mike
thai: koh bia ig kuad neung ka!(if you're female)
koh bia ig kuad neung kab! (if you're a dude:P)
In brazil it is the same as portugal just slightly different pronuncition
Uma mais cerveja por favor
pron. ooma mise servayja por favor
My Latin is pretty rusty but if you ever find yourself in Vatican City in need of another drink, you could always shout "alius poculus!" Some say the Latin word for beer comes from the Celtic "cerevisia," and some say it comes from the Greek word for fermentation.
Hey - great topic! I saw a couple of other posters added Chinese, but neither was exactly right (one said "a lot of beer" and the other "please, a beer.").
There are two ways to ask a server or waiter for more beer in Chinese:
1) zài lái yī píng píjiŭ 在来一瓶啤酒 - Meaning - "Bring one more bottle of beer." - you can exchange "yī - 1" for any number, and "píng - bottle" for cup, glass, etc.
2) háiyào liăng bēi píjiŭ 还要两杯啤酒 － Meaning - "I'd like 2 more pints (cups) of beer."
Hope this helps. Fun idea!
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OK, here's a question I know you have an answer for:
How do you say "one more beer please" in a foreign language?
I want to compile the definitive beer dictionary for travelers and figure this is a good place to start, so without further ado, and with extra points for draft beer...
Japanese:
(if it's a bottle) mou ippon biiru kudasai.
(if it's draft in a glass) mou ee-hai nama-biiru kudasai
Spanish:
Un mas cervesa por favor
...um...blanking on others...c'mon guys help me out!