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Top Food Vocabulary in Spanish [+ Free PDF]

Here’s a complete list of Spanish words to ask for and give information about food!

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Table of Contents

  • Food Vocabulary
    • Asking About Food
    • Vegetables and Greens
    • Fruit
    • Cereals and Legumes
    • Milk Products
    • Meats
    • Drinks
    • Ways to Cook
    • Food Vocabulary Chart

Food Vocabulary

At the end of the post, you will find a food vocabulary chart that can help you remember what you learn today. 

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Asking About Food

• ¿Qué es el gazpacho? (What is gazpacho?)
• Es una sopa. (It’s a soup.)

• ¿Qué lleva la ensalada? (What’s in the salad?)
• Lleva tomate y lechuga. (It has tomato and lettuce.)

• ¿Qué llevan los macarrones? (What’s in the pasta?)
• Llevan queso. (It has cheese.)

Vegetables and Greens

• la cebolla (onion)

• el tomate (tomato)

• las patatas / papas (potato)

• la calabaza (pumpkin) 

• el pepino (cucumber)

• el calabacín (zucchini)

• la lechuga (lettuce) 

• el rábano (radish)

• el brócoli (broccoli)

• la remolacha (beet)

Fruit

• el aguacate / la palta (avocado)

• la piña (pineapple)

• la banana (banana)

• la cereza (cherry)

• el coco (coconut)

• el durazno (peach)

• la frambuesa (raspberry)

• la fresa (strawberry)

• el higo (fig)

• el kiwi (kiwi)

• el limón (lemon)

• la mandarina (tangarine)

• el mango (mango)

• la manzana (apple)

• el melón (melon)

• la naranja (orange)

• la papaya (papaya)

• la pera (pear)

• la sandía (watermelon)

• la uva (grape)

Wondering how to order tacos in Spanish? Check out the post How to Order Tacos in Spanish (Easy Formula).

Cereals and Legumes

• el arroz (rice)

• el maíz (corn)

• el trigo (wheat)

• la cebada (barley)

• la avena (oats)

• la quinua (quinoa)

• la harina (flour)

• los garbanzos (chickpeas)

• las lentejas (lentils)

• el pan (bread)

Milk Products

• la leche (milk)

• el yogur (yogurt)

• el helado / sorbete (ice cream)

• el queso (cheese)

• la crema (cream)

Meats

• el pollo (chicken)

• la res (beef)

• el cerdo (pork)

• el chorizo (chorizo)

• el jamón (ham)

• la salchicha (sausage)

• el pescado (fish)

• el tocino (bacon) 

Drinks

• el agua (water)

• el café (coffee)

• el té (tea)

• la cerveza (beer)

• el vino (wine)

• el zumo / jugo (juice)

• la soda (soda)

Ways to Cook

Crudo, cocido, frito and saltado are adjectives. They describe how a food has been cooked. 

Since adjectives in Spanish agree in gender and number with the word they describe, crudo will change to cruda when you describe a feminine word. 

• crudo / a / os / as (raw)

• cocido / a / os / as (boiled)

• saltado / a / os / as (sauteed)

• frito / a / os / as (fried)

• a la plancha (griddled)

• a la parrila (grilled)

• al horno (baked)

• al vapor (steamed)

Food Vocabulary Chart

And that’s it for today! Here’s a little chart that can help you remember these words!

spanish words for food
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