Spanish Lesson: Bebidas En España
Learn about some typical drinks you might find in Spain — in Spanish!
By Paula Fernández Gómez

Learning Spanish is about much more than memorizing vocabulary. In each Spanish Lesson, we explore a part of the vast Spanish-speaking world with texts designed for beginner (A2) Spanish learners. Reading the following means you're able to...
order food or drink using basic expressions.
Read on to learn about bebidas en España, or the common beverages of Spain. Click the button below to listen to the audio version, and you can follow along by scrolling along to the text further down. Don't worry if you don't understand every word—focus on getting the main idea. Key words are highlighted in bold and explained in the vocabulary list below the story.
▶ Listen To The StoryFor an extra challenge, try to answer these questions:
¿Qué tipos de vino produce España? (What types of wine does Spain produce?)
¿Qué significa la expresión “irse de vinos”? (What does the expression “irse de vinos” mean?)
¿Qué ingredientes tiene la sangría? (What ingredients does sangría have?)
¿Qué es la horchata y de dónde es originaria? (What is horchata and where does it come from?)
¿Cómo se prepara el café bombón? (How is café bombón prepared?)
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Bebidas En España
La comida española es conocida en todo el mundo: las tapas, el jamón serrano, la paella... Pero, ¿conoces algunas bebidas españolas?
El vino español es conocido internacionalmente. España produce vino tinto, vino blanco y vino rosado. Cada región española tiene un vino típico. Los vinos más conocidos son los vinos rioja, hechos en la comunidad autónoma de La Rioja. La expresión “irse de vinos” significa que te encuentras con tus amigos o familia para tomar algunas copas de vino.
¿Sabes qué es la sangría? La sangría está hecha con vino, pero también con zumo de frutas, licor, gaseosa y mucho azúcar. Es una bebida muy conocida entre los turistas, pero realmente los españoles no beben mucha sangría en su día a día.
Pero no todas las bebidas populares en España tienen alcohol...
La horchata es una bebida refrescante hecha con chufas, agua y azúcar. La chufa es un tubérculo, crece bajo tierra, y es similar a las avellanas. El origen de la horchata está en Valencia y sobre todo se bebe en primavera y en verano.
¿Te gusta el café? ¡Entonces tienes que probar el café bombón! El café bombón está hecho con café espresso y con leche condensada. Se sirve en un vaso pequeño. ¡Es un café muy dulce!
¡Con alcohol o sin alcohol España tiene muchos tipos de bebidas para quitar la sed! ¡Salud!
Lista de vocabulario — Vocab list
Palabras Temáticas — Thematic words
tapas — tapas, snack in Spanish cuisine
jamón serrano — serrano ham
paella — rice dish that can have meat, fish, seafood, and vegetables
bebida — drink
vino tinto — red wine
vino blanco — white wine
vino rosado — rosé
vino típico — typical wine
copa — wine glass
sangría — traditionally consists of red wine and chopped fruit, often with other ingredients or spirits
zumo de frutas — fruit juice
licor — liquor
gaseosa — soda
azúcar — sugar
turistas — tourists
alcohol — alcohol
horchata — beverage made with soaked, ground, and sweetened tiger nuts
bebida refrescante — soft drink
chufas — tiger nuts
tubérculo — tuber
similar — similar
avellana — hazelnut
origen — origin
primavera — spring
verano — summer
café bombón — type of coffee drink that includes espresso mixed with sweetened condensed milk in a one-to-one proportion
leche condensada — condensed milk
vaso — glass
dulce — sweet
Verbos — Verbs
conocer — to know
producir — to produce
crecer bajo tierra — to grow underground
se sirve en — served in
Expresiones — Expressions
irse de vinos — go for a few glasses of wine
día a día — day-to-day
quitar la sed — to quench somebody’s thirst
¡Salud! — Cheers!
Elementos culturales — Cultural elements
comunidad autónoma — autonomous community. In Spain, an autonomous community is a first-level political and administrative division with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.
La Rioja — autonomous community in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. The region is well known for its wines.
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Paula Fernández Gómez
Paula Fernández grew up in Barcelona speaking Spanish, Catalan and German. After completing a Master's Degree in Publishing, she moved to Berlin to live new adventures. Since 2010 she's been working as a translator and Spanish teacher to bilingual children, and now she works for Babbel. Paula could not live without her bicycle, her books and without, from time to time, having an aperitif next to the Mediterranean sea.
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