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the title was changed from the one I originally provided ("restaurant Spanish"); I wonder why.

@wondering9

Hello,

Please note that the title has been changed for a better fit, in case members thought you were looking for spanish restaurants.

In regards to your question, my spanish is intermediate, I guess it might mean "invoice/tax receipt". I hope someone can confirm.

Regards

Bhavna

Actually, I think the original title was clear and no native-level English speaker would be likely to be confused by it. The new title makes the post hyper-specific and thus not useful to anyone else struggling with other questions of restaurant Spanish in the future. And it changes the focus from "expat trying to learn" to "weird behavior by a local," which was not my intended meaning.

Is the body of a post's text also liable to change by moderators, or just the title?

@wondering9

no problem, i have put the title back

It's all good to go.

Regards

"Fiscal", usually "Factura Fiscal" (Tax Invoice), also "Comprobante" (Tax Voucher) are what are referred to as receipts you would use for your Dominican business.  You would need to give them your RNC number, the registration number of your business, and submit the invoice to your bookkeeper.  Otherwise, it's just a normal receipt.

You would hear the same thing at grocery stores, ferreterias (hardware stores), and sometimes at the gas station.  If it's a personal purchase for me, not for my company, then my response is "no, normal por favor".  This just gives you a normal receipt, not one to submit to the government for tax purposes.

Well explained!

Yes, it is!

And I get a twofer, since I also needed to learn "comprobante" (I knew I should say No, but I thought it meant "do you have any coupons" lol).

Thanks!

@wondering9

I always hear it at the supermarket and thought it was for discount and/or reward points too 🤣

It's one thing to know words, but quite another if you're not even aware of the practice that the word describes! That's a whole other level of literacy. And it's priceless.

We are usually asked "normal", and say yes. I guess "fiscal" is the alternative.