If you have found someone you are interested in and would like to ask for a date, you probably find yourself in that nerve racking stage of trying to get up the courage to ask them out.
When you add in the factor that the person speaks Spanish as their primary language and you are new to the language, you add a whole other level to the situation. Learning how to ask for a date in Spanish is easy because the basic way to ask someone out starts with the same beginning.
Do you want to go out to…
¿Quieres salir a (infinative verb)?
Kee-YEHR-ehs sah-LEER ah…
You then finish this sentence with whatever you are asking them to do such as:
| dinner |
dance |
lunch |
| cenar |
bailar |
almorzar |
| seh-NAHR |
bah-ee-LAHR |
ahl-mohr-ZAHR |
So that the finished product would look like this:
Do you want to go out for a drink?
¿Quieres salir a tomar una copa (Spain) / bebida (Latin America)?
¿kee-YEHR-ehs sah-LEER ah toh-MAHR OO-nah COH-pah / beh-bee-dah?
Another way to ask someone out in Spanish is to simply ask:
Do you want to go out with me? ¿Quieres salir conmigo?
¿kee-YEHR-ehs sah-LEER cohn MEE-goh?
It would be good to follow this question up by asking them what they would like to do:
What do you like to do?
¿Que tipo de cosas le gusta hacer?
keh TEE-poh deh COH-sahs leh GOO-stah ah-SEHR
I always find either the lunch option or asking the other person what they like to do to be the safest. The lunch option is safe because if it isn’t working out you can simply bolt after the lunch.
Asking what the other person wants to do is safe because it gives you an insight into who they are, you will definitely suggest something that they are interested in which would make them more likely to say "yes," and it also gives you topics of conversation for your upcoming date. What other ways have you used to ask someone out in Spanish?