🥤 Drinks

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In this section you'll learn useful English vocabulary for drinks and beverages, along with common expressions for ordering drinks, asking for water, and talking about what you like to drink. Each English word or phrase includes a simple meaning plus translations in several languages.

🟢 Basic Drinks

💧 Water
a clear drink with no taste
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Agua
🇫🇷 French: Eau
🇩🇪 German: Wasser
🇮🇹 Italian: Acqua
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Água
☕ Coffee
a hot drink made from coffee beans
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Café
🇫🇷 French: Café
🇩🇪 German: Kaffee
🇮🇹 Italian: Caffè
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Café
🍵 Tea
a hot drink made from leaves
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Té
🇫🇷 French: Thé
🇩🇪 German: Tee
🇮🇹 Italian: Tè
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Chá
🥛 Milk
a white drink from cows
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Leche
🇫🇷 French: Lait
🇩🇪 German: Milch
🇮🇹 Italian: Latte
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Leite
🧃 Juice
a drink made from fruit
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Jugo / Zumo
🇫🇷 French: Jus
🇩🇪 German: Saft
🇮🇹 Italian: Succo
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Suco
🥤 Soft drink / Soda
a sweet drink with bubbles
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Refresco
🇫🇷 French: Boisson gazeuse / Soda
🇩🇪 German: Erfrischungsgetränk / Limonade
🇮🇹 Italian: Bibita / Bevanda gassata
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Refrigerante
💦 Sparkling water
water with bubbles
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Agua con gas
🇫🇷 French: Eau pétillante
🇩🇪 German: Mineralwasser mit Kohlensäure
🇮🇹 Italian: Acqua frizzante
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Água com gás
🚰 Still water
water with no bubbles
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Agua sin gas
🇫🇷 French: Eau plate
🇩🇪 German: Stilles Wasser
🇮🇹 Italian: Acqua naturale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Água sem gás

🟡 Café & Restaurant Drinks

🍊 Orange juice
juice made from oranges
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Jugo de naranja / Zumo de naranja
🇫🇷 French: Jus d'orange
🇩🇪 German: Orangensaft
🇮🇹 Italian: Succo d'arancia
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Suco de laranja
🍋 Lemonade
a sweet drink made with lemon
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Limonada
🇫🇷 French: Limonade
🇩🇪 German: Limonade
🇮🇹 Italian: Limonata
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Limonada
☕ Coffee with milk
coffee mixed with milk
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Café con leche
🇫🇷 French: Café au lait
🇩🇪 German: Kaffee mit Milch
🇮🇹 Italian: Caffè latte
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Café com leite
☕ Black coffee
coffee with no milk
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Café solo / Café negro
🇫🇷 French: Café noir
🇩🇪 German: Schwarzer Kaffee
🇮🇹 Italian: Caffè nero
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Café preto
🍫 Hot chocolate
a warm chocolate drink
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Chocolate caliente
🇫🇷 French: Chocolat chaud
🇩🇪 German: Heiße Schokolade
🇮🇹 Italian: Cioccolata calda
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Chocolate quente
🥛 Milkshake
a cold drink made with milk and ice cream
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Batido
🇫🇷 French: Milk-shake
🇩🇪 German: Milchshake
🇮🇹 Italian: Frappè
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Milk-shake
🍓 Fruit smoothie
a thick drink made from blended fruit
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Batido de frutas
🇫🇷 French: Smoothie aux fruits
🇩🇪 German: Frucht-Smoothie
🇮🇹 Italian: Frullato di frutta
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Vitamina de frutas / Smoothie de frutas
🧊 Iced coffee
coffee served cold with ice
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Café con hielo
🇫🇷 French: Café glacé
🇩🇪 German: Eiskaffee
🇮🇹 Italian: Caffè freddo
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Café gelado

🥤 Useful Drink Vocabulary

🧊 Ice
frozen water in small pieces
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Hielo
🇫🇷 French: Glace
🇩🇪 German: Eis
🇮🇹 Italian: Ghiaccio
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Gelo
🥛 Glass
a container you drink from
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Vaso
🇫🇷 French: Verre
🇩🇪 German: Glas
🇮🇹 Italian: Bicchiere
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Copo
☕ Cup
a small container for hot drinks
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Taza
🇫🇷 French: Tasse
🇩🇪 German: Tasse
🇮🇹 Italian: Tazza
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Xícara
🫗 Bottle
a container that holds a drink
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Botella
🇫🇷 French: Bouteille
🇩🇪 German: Flasche
🇮🇹 Italian: Bottiglia
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Garrafa
🥤 Drink / Beverage
something you drink
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Bebida
🇫🇷 French: Boisson
🇩🇪 German: Getränk
🇮🇹 Italian: Bevanda
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bebida
🍴 To drink
to take a liquid into your mouth
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Beber / Tomar
🇫🇷 French: Boire
🇩🇪 German: Trinken
🇮🇹 Italian: Bere
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Beber
🔥 Hot
not cold; high temperature
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Caliente
🇫🇷 French: Chaud
🇩🇪 German: Heiß
🇮🇹 Italian: Caldo
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quente
❄️ Cold
not hot; low temperature
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Frío / Fría
🇫🇷 French: Froid / Froide
🇩🇪 German: Kalt
🇮🇹 Italian: Freddo / Fredda
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Frio / Fria

🗣️ Ordering a Drink

☕ I'd like a coffee, please.
a polite way to order coffee
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Quisiera un café, por favor.
🇫🇷 French: Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 German: Ich hätte gern einen Kaffee, bitte.
🇮🇹 Italian: Vorrei un caffè, per favore.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Eu gostaria de um café, por favor.
💧 Could you bring me a glass of water, please?
please give me water in a glass
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Me trae un vaso de agua, por favor?
🇫🇷 French: Pourriez-vous m'apporter un verre d'eau, s'il vous plaît ?
🇩🇪 German: Könnten Sie mir bitte ein Glas Wasser bringen?
🇮🇹 Italian: Può portarmi un bicchiere d'acqua, per favore?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pode me trazer um copo de água, por favor?
🧊 No ice, please.
I do not want ice in my drink
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Sin hielo, por favor.
🇫🇷 French: Sans glace, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 German: Ohne Eis, bitte.
🇮🇹 Italian: Senza ghiaccio, per favore.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Sem gelo, por favor.
💦 Do you have sparkling water?
can I get water with bubbles?
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Tiene agua con gas?
🇫🇷 French: Avez-vous de l'eau pétillante ?
🇩🇪 German: Haben Sie Mineralwasser mit Kohlensäure?
🇮🇹 Italian: Avete dell'acqua frizzante?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Vocês têm água com gás?
🍊 I'll have an orange juice.
I want orange juice
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Para mí, un jugo de naranja.
🇫🇷 French: Pour moi, un jus d'orange.
🇩🇪 German: Für mich bitte einen Orangensaft.
🇮🇹 Italian: Per me un succo d'arancia.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Para mim, um suco de laranja.
🥤 What drinks do you have?
what can I order to drink?
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Qué bebidas tienen?
🇫🇷 French: Quelles boissons avez-vous ?
🇩🇪 German: Welche Getränke haben Sie?
🇮🇹 Italian: Che bevande avete?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quais bebidas vocês têm?

🧠 Useful Language Tip

English commonly uses drink as both a noun and a verb.
I drink a lot of water.
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Bebo mucha agua.
🇫🇷 Je bois beaucoup d'eau.
🇩🇪 Ich trinke viel Wasser.
🇮🇹 Bevo molta acqua.
🇵🇹 Bebo muita água.
When ordering in restaurants, native English speakers often use polite expressions instead of simply saying the name of the drink.
I'd like a coffee, please.
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Quisiera un café, por favor.
🇫🇷 Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 Ich hätte gern einen Kaffee, bitte.
🇮🇹 Vorrei un caffè, per favore.
🇵🇹 Eu gostaria de um café, por favor.
Can I have a glass of water?
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 ¿Me puede traer un vaso de agua?
🇫🇷 Puis-je avoir un verre d'eau ?
🇩🇪 Kann ich ein Glas Wasser haben?
🇮🇹 Posso avere un bicchiere d'acqua?
🇵🇹 Posso pegar um copo de água?

Beginner Tip: I'd like... and Can I have...? are two of the most common and polite ways to order food and drinks in English.

🌎 English Usage Tip

Soda is the most common word in many parts of the United States, while soft drink is more common in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries.
English speakers usually ask for still water or sparkling water in restaurants when they want to specify the type of water.
When ordering coffee, you'll hear many common expressions such as black coffee, coffee with milk, latte, and cappuccino. Learning these makes ordering much easier when traveling.

💬 Everyday Drink Phrases

💧 I need a glass of water.
I want water now
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Necesito un vaso de agua.
🇫🇷 French: J'ai besoin d'un verre d'eau.
🇩🇪 German: Ich brauche ein Glas Wasser.
🇮🇹 Italian: Ho bisogno di un bicchiere d'acqua.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Preciso de um copo de água.
☕ I drink coffee every morning.
I have coffee each morning
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Tomo café todas las mañanas.
🇫🇷 French: Je bois du café tous les matins.
🇩🇪 German: Ich trinke jeden Morgen Kaffee.
🇮🇹 Italian: Bevo caffè ogni mattina.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Eu bebo café todas as manhãs.
🍊 The orange juice is very fresh.
the juice tastes newly made
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: El jugo de naranja está muy fresco.
🇫🇷 French: Le jus d'orange est très frais.
🇩🇪 German: Der Orangensaft ist sehr frisch.
🇮🇹 Italian: Il succo d'arancia è molto fresco.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: O suco de laranja está bem fresco.
🍋 I'd like a very cold lemonade.
I want lemonade that is very cold
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Quiero una limonada bien fría.
🇫🇷 French: Je voudrais une limonade bien fraîche.
🇩🇪 German: Ich möchte eine schön kalte Limonade.
🇮🇹 Italian: Vorrei una limonata ben fredda.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Gostaria de uma limonada bem gelada.
🧊 I'd like water without ice, please.
please give me water with no ice
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Quiero agua sin hielo, por favor.
🇫🇷 French: Je voudrais de l'eau sans glace, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 German: Ich hätte gern Wasser ohne Eis, bitte.
🇮🇹 Italian: Vorrei dell'acqua senza ghiaccio, per favore.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Gostaria de água sem gelo, por favor.
🥛 Would you like something to drink?
do you want a drink?
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Quieres algo de beber?
🇫🇷 French: Voulez-vous quelque chose à boire ?
🇩🇪 German: Möchtest du etwas trinken?
🇮🇹 Italian: Vuoi qualcosa da bere?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Você gostaria de beber alguma coisa?

💬 Everyday Conversations

At a café
ordering coffee with milk
A: What would you like to drink?
B: A coffee with milk, please.
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 A: ¿Qué va a tomar?
🇪🇸 B: Un café con leche, por favor.
🇫🇷 A: Que souhaitez-vous boire ?
🇫🇷 B: Un café au lait, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 A: Was möchten Sie trinken?
🇩🇪 B: Einen Kaffee mit Milch, bitte.
🇮🇹 A: Cosa desidera da bere?
🇮🇹 B: Un caffè con latte, per favore.
🇵🇹 A: O que você gostaria de beber?
🇵🇹 B: Um café com leite, por favor.
At a restaurant
ordering sparkling water
A: What would you like to drink?
B: I'd like sparkling water, please.
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 A: ¿Qué quieres beber?
🇪🇸 B: Quiero agua con gas, por favor.
🇫🇷 A: Que voulez-vous boire ?
🇫🇷 B: Je voudrais de l'eau pétillante, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 A: Was möchten Sie trinken?
🇩🇪 B: Ich hätte gern Mineralwasser mit Kohlensäure, bitte.
🇮🇹 A: Cosa vuoi bere?
🇮🇹 B: Vorrei dell'acqua frizzante, per favore.
🇵🇹 A: O que você quer beber?
🇵🇹 B: Gostaria de água com gás, por favor.
Asking about ice
saying you want only a little ice
A: Would you like ice?
B: Yes, but just a little.
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 A: ¿Quieres hielo?
🇪🇸 B: Sí, pero solo un poco.
🇫🇷 A: Voulez-vous des glaçons ?
🇫🇷 B: Oui, mais seulement un peu.
🇩🇪 A: Möchten Sie Eis?
🇩🇪 B: Ja, aber nur ein bisschen.
🇮🇹 A: Vuoi del ghiaccio?
🇮🇹 B: Sì, ma solo un po'.
🇵🇹 A: Você quer gelo?
🇵🇹 B: Sim, mas só um pouco.

📝 Example Sentences

🥛 The milk is in the refrigerator.
the milk is in the fridge
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: La leche está en el refrigerador.
🇫🇷 French: Le lait est dans le réfrigérateur.
🇩🇪 German: Die Milch ist im Kühlschrank.
🇮🇹 Italian: Il latte è nel frigorifero.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: O leite está na geladeira.
🧊 Put a little more ice in my drink.
add more ice, but not a lot
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Pon un poco más de hielo en mi bebida.
🇫🇷 French: Mets un peu plus de glace dans ma boisson.
🇩🇪 German: Gib bitte etwas mehr Eis in mein Getränk.
🇮🇹 Italian: Metti un po' più di ghiaccio nella mia bevanda.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Coloque um pouco mais de gelo na minha bebida.
🍓 I like to drink fruit smoothies in the afternoon.
I enjoy blended fruit drinks after lunch
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Me gusta tomar batidos de frutas por la tarde.
🇫🇷 French: J'aime boire des smoothies aux fruits l'après-midi.
🇩🇪 German: Ich trinke nachmittags gern Frucht-Smoothies.
🇮🇹 Italian: Mi piace bere frullati di frutta nel pomeriggio.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Gosto de tomar vitaminas de frutas à tarde.
🍫 Hot chocolate is perfect for cold days.
hot chocolate is good when the weather is cold
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: El chocolate caliente es perfecto para los días fríos.
🇫🇷 French: Le chocolat chaud est parfait pour les journées froides.
🇩🇪 German: Heiße Schokolade ist perfekt für kalte Tage.
🇮🇹 Italian: La cioccolata calda è perfetta per le giornate fredde.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Chocolate quente é perfeito para dias frios.
💧 I try to drink plenty of water during the day.
I drink a lot of water every day
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Intento beber mucha agua durante el día.
🇫🇷 French: J'essaie de boire beaucoup d'eau pendant la journée.
🇩🇪 German: Ich versuche, tagsüber viel Wasser zu trinken.
🇮🇹 Italian: Cerco di bere molta acqua durante il giorno.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Tento beber bastante água durante o dia.
☕ I prefer coffee without sugar.
I like coffee that is not sweet
Show translationsHide translations🇪🇸 Spanish: Prefiero el café sin azúcar.
🇫🇷 French: Je préfère le café sans sucre.
🇩🇪 German: Ich bevorzuge Kaffee ohne Zucker.
🇮🇹 Italian: Preferisco il caffè senza zucchero.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Prefiro café sem açúcar.

🏆 Final Practice

English in the Real World:

Read the situation. Choose the word or phrase that fits best. Do not pick a close drink word if a more precise one is on the page.
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