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How to Say Grace in Spanish

If you eat with Spanish-speaking friends, sooner or later someone will ask you to bless the food. These three prayers cover the moment: a simple thanks, the traditional blessing heard at millions of tables, and the one children learn first.

Each is read aloud by a real voice, full speed and slow, with the meaning word by word. Beneath them is the verse the whole practice stands on.

A simple grace · Una oración sencilla

Gracias, Padre, por estos alimentos y por este día. En el nombre de Jesús, amén.

Thank You, Father, for this food and for this day. In the name of Jesus, amen.

Word by word

Gracias, Padre
thank You, Father
por estos alimentos
for this food (alimentos is the warm, everyday word for a meal on the table)
y por este día
and for this day
En el nombre de Jesús
in the name of Jesus
amén
amen

The traditional blessing · La bendición tradicional

Bendice, Señor, estos alimentos que vamos a recibir de tu bondad, por Cristo nuestro Señor. Amén.

Bless, O Lord, this food we are about to receive from Your goodness, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Word by word

Bendice, Señor
bless, O Lord
estos alimentos
this food
que vamos a recibir
that we are about to receive
de tu bondad
from Your goodness
por Cristo nuestro Señor
through Christ our Lord

A children's grace · Para los niños

Dios es grande, Dios es bueno. Gracias por nuestros alimentos. Amén.

God is great, God is good. Thank You for our food. Amen.

Word by word

Dios es grande
God is great
Dios es bueno
God is good
Gracias por nuestros alimentos
thank You for our food

1 Thessalonians 5:18 · 1 Tesalonicenses 5:18

Den gracias en todo.

Give thanks in every circumstance.

Word by word

Den gracias
give thanks (plural imperative of "dar gracias," to give thanks)
en todo
in every circumstance

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How to pronounce it

  • alimentos: ah-lee-MEHN-tohs. Food, the meal. You will hear this word in nearly every table prayer.
  • bendice: behn-DEE-seh. Bless. From bendecir, the same root as bendición, blessing.
  • amén: ah-MEHN. Stress the second syllable, and you are done.

Common questions

How do you say grace before a meal in Spanish?+

The simplest full prayer: "Gracias, Padre, por estos alimentos y por este día. En el nombre de Jesús, amén." Thank You, Father, for this food and for this day. In the name of Jesus, amen.

What is the traditional Spanish table blessing?+

"Bendice, Señor, estos alimentos que vamos a recibir de tu bondad, por Cristo nuestro Señor. Amén." It is the blessing generations grew up on, and everyone at the table will know it.

How do you ask someone else to say grace in Spanish?+

"¿Puedes bendecir los alimentos?": can you bless the food? If they ask you, any of the three prayers on this page answers beautifully.

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More verses in Spanish

  • The Lord's Prayer in Spanish (El Padre Nuestro)
  • 25 Easy Spanish Bible Verses for Beginners
  • Psalm 23 in Spanish (Salmo 23)
  • All Bible verses in Spanish

Spanish: Reina-Valera, modernized to Latin American Spanish. English alongside, word for word.

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