la cuenta por favor
interjectionBeginner
What does “la cuenta por favor” mean in English?
the bill please
Example sentences
La cuenta, por favor.
The bill, please.
¿Me trae la cuenta, por favor?
Can you bring me the bill, please?
—¿Algo más? —La cuenta, gracias.
—Anything else? —The bill, thanks.
How to use it
La cuenta, por favor means 'the bill, please' — used in restaurants, cafés, bars. Standard fixed phrase.
Common mistake
La cuenta is feminine — say 'LA cuenta', not 'el cuenta'. Cuenta also means 'count / account' but in restaurants always means 'bill'.
Topics
Related Beginner words
Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 30.