Beer – la cerveza

(Pronounced sehr-beh-sah)

To remember that beer is pronounced sehr-beh-sah (cerveza) in Latin American Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

Beer was all he was there for, so he declined when a man doing a survey of drinking habits said: "Survey Sir?" (cerveza)

Cerveza is feminine, so it’s la cerveza.

Imagine drinking beer out of a lady glass:

Examples of cerveza (beer) in a sentence

Me gustaría una cerveza fría, por favor.

(I would like a cold beer, please.)

¿Cuánto cuesta una cerveza en este bar?

(How much does a beer cost in this bar?)

Mi amigo nunca bebe cerveza.

(My friend never drinks beer.)