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How to say “Could we have a few more minutes?” in Spanish
Ask for a little more time before ordering or making a choice.
¿Nos da unos minutos más?
Could we have a few more minutes?
The plural form speaks for your group.
Use it in three situations
Reading a menu
¿Nos da unos minutos más?
Could we have a few more minutes?
Choosing together
¿Nos da unos minutos más para elegir?
Could we have a few more minutes to choose?
Checking a menu detail
Todavía no estamos listos para pedir.
We're not ready to order yet.
What to watch for
This asks for time to decide, rather than asking how long cooking will take.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine restaurant problems. Say this in Spanish: Could we have a few more minutes to choose?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Nos da unos minutos más para elegir?
Could we have a few more minutes to choose?
Build a useful exchange
Explain a problem with an order and settle the bill.
This expression in other languages
A note on speaking Spanish
These guides use broadly understandable Latin American Spanish. Tú is familiar and usted is respectful or formal, with important regional variation. Me gustaría and ¿podría …? are useful for considerate requests.
Keep accent marks and opening question marks. Some regions choose different everyday words. Follow the complete example rather than substituting English words one by one, especially with pronouns and expressions of preference.
