Foods and drinks in Spanish

The page is divided into 5 vocabulary parts:

Dairy products
General grocery shopping vocab
Fruits
Fishes and meat
Vegetables

Lesson outline

1.Dairy products
2.Grocery shopping
3.Fruits
4.Fishes and meat in Spanish
5.Vegetables in Spanish
6.Exercises
6.1.Names of foods in Spanish exercise
6.2.Different foods in Spanish flashcards
6.3.Talking about food in Spanish

Dairy products

In Spanish alérgico a = allergic to in English.

Spanish	English
la mantequilla	butter
el queso crema	cream cheese
Me gusta beber leche.	I like drinking milk.
Soy alérgico a los productos lácteos.	I´m allergic to dairy products.
el yogur	yogurt
el queso	cheese
el leche	milk
la crema	cream

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Grocery shopping

In Spanish instead of tarjeta de crédito (credit card) you can say just tarjeta (card).

Spanish	English
la salida	exit
la panadería	bakery
la entrada	entrance
la cesta de compras	shopping basket
el carrito de compras	supermarket trolley
el helado	ice cream
el dinero	money
el cajero	cash point
el recibo	receipt
el kilogramo	kilogram
la tarjeta de crédito	credit card
¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?	Can I pay by credit card?
las compras	groceries
la carnicería	butcher shop
el cupón	voucher
la rebanada de queso	slice of cheese
un pedazo de la tarta	piece of cake
el supermercado	supermarket
la bolsa	bag
el embalaje	packing
¿Cuánto cuesta?	How much is it?
¿Dónde puedo encontrar...?	Where can I find...?
¿Dónde está el cajero?	Where is the cash point?

Fruits

In Spanish the definite articles have to be learnt as they are important language part.

Spanish	English
la piña	pineapple
la manzana	apple
la banana	banana
la pera	pear
la fresa	strawberry
Me gustan las bananas y los mangos.	I like bananas and mangos.
la cereza	cherry
la lima	lime
el mango	mango
el melón	melon
la naranja	orange
el melocotón	peach
las uvas	bunch of grapes
¿Cuáles son tus frutas favoritas?	Which are your favourite fruits?
el limón	lemon

Fishes and meat in Spanish

Salmon is written in the same way in Spanish and English, just with a slight difference in the stress.

Spanish	English
El cordero está de oferta hoy.	The lamb is on offer today.
el camarón	shrimp
el pollo	chicken
la langosta	lobster
el salmón	salmon
el cordero	lamb
el marisco	seafood
¿Qué prefieres, carne o pescado?	Would you like meat or fish?
la carne de vaca	beef
el salami	salami
el jamón	ham
el cerdo	pork
el tocino	bacon
el atún	tuna

Vegetables in Spanish

To remind - don't forget to learn the definite articles!

Spanish	English
Me gusta comer champiñones.	I like eating mushrooms.
la berenjena	aubergine
el brócoli	broccoli
el guisante	pea
el pepino	cucumber
Yo no como berenjena.	I don´t eat aubergine.
la patata	potato
el ajo	garlic
la lechuga	lettuce
la lenteja	lens
la aceituna	olive
la paprika	paprika
el champiñon	mushroom
las espinacas	spinach
el tomate	tomato
el calabacín	courgette
la cebolla	onion

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