Do you tip in Spain, and who pays the bill?
Tipping in Spain is voluntary and modest: waiters are paid a wage and do not live on tips, and many people leave a few coins from the change. Among friends the bill is often split equally, pagar a escote, or one person pays and another pays next time; hoy invito yo means today it is on me.
Who pays, and the tip
Among friends the bill is often split equally — pagar a escote — or one person pays and somebody else pays next time. Hoy invito yo means today it is on me: invitar is to treat somebody, not only to invite them.
In Spain the tip is voluntary and modest. Waiters are paid a wage and do not live on tips; many people leave a few coins from the change, and leaving twenty per cent in a Madrid bar offends nobody, but it gets noticed.
- Among friends the bill is often split equally, or one person pays and another pays next time.
- Invitar means to pay for somebody: te invito a un café means the coffee is on me.
- Tipping in Spain is voluntary and modest; it often comes down to leaving the change. Waiters are paid a wage and do not live on tips.
Hoy invito yo.Today it's on me.
En España la propina es voluntaria y modesta, y a menudo se reduce a dejar la vuelta.In Spain the tip is voluntary and modest, and often comes down to leaving the change.