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How to say "restaurant" in Spanish
"Restaurant" in Spanish is restaurante, pronounced rehs-tow-RAHN-teh (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a masculine noun (el restaurante, plural los restaurantes).
| Spanish | restaurante |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | rehs-tow-RAHN-teh |
| Meaning | restaurant |
| Gender | masculine: el restaurante |
| Plural | los restaurantes |
| Frequency | #133 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce restaurante
Restaurante is pronounced rehs-tow-RAHN-teh, in IPA /restauˈɾante/. Restaurante has four syllables, rehs-tow-RAHN-teh, with the stress on the third. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
- Rr, and r at the start of a word, is rolled.
Listen: normal and slow speed, in your browser's Spanish voice. IPA: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Is restaurante masculine or feminine?
Restaurante is masculine, so it takes el (the) and un (a): el restaurante. The plural is los restaurantes. The ending does not tell you the gender here, so learn the word together with its article: el restaurante.
Example sentences
Un buen restaurante
a good restaurant
Reservé una mesa en el restaurante
I booked a table at the restaurant
"Restaurant" in Spain and Latin America
Useful phrases
- La cuenta, por favor.
The bill, please. - Una mesa para dos, por favor.
A table for two, please.
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember restaurante
restaurante [rehs-tow-RAHN-teh] sounds like the English “restaurant”. Picture this:
Nearly the same word: restaurante — the waiter rolls the r like a drumroll.
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