Spanish vocabulary

Spanish vocabulary: food & drink

Common Spanish words for food & drink, the most frequent first. Each word has its English meaning and a real line from the Lexayo story, so you see it in use.

el chocolate noun chocolate; hot chocolate
Yo quiero un chocolate.
I want a hot chocolate.
el desayuno noun breakfast
Quería saber una cosa: ¿el desayuno está incluido?
I was wondering: is breakfast included?
el mate noun mate (herbal tea); checkmate
jaque mate = checkmate
A Lucas le gusta tomar mate.
Lucas likes drinking mate.
el helado noun ice cream; (adj) frozen, freezing
Javi compra dos helados de chocolate.
Javi buys two chocolate ice creams.
el azúcar noun sugar
Sí... también ha desaparecido mi azúcar.
Yes... my sugar has disappeared too.
la barra noun bar; loaf (baguette); counter
una barra de pan = a baguette
Eh... Una barra de pan, por favor. Muy... muy normal.
Er... A baguette, please. Very... very normal.
el sabor noun taste, flavour
¿Y si Marisa prefiere otro sabor?
What if Marisa prefers another flavour?
la manzana noun apple; (city) block
Y medio kilo de manzanas.
And half a kilo of apples.
mezclar verb to mix
la mezcla = mixture
Sí. Y mezcla bien el relleno.
Yes. And mix the filling well.
la pizza noun pizza
Tu padre. Pobre. Ayer comieron pizza. Y hoy también.
Your father. Poor thing. Yesterday they ate pizza. And today too.

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