Spanish Vocabulary - Food

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This page lists the Spanish words relating to meals and food.

Note: In the Spanish language, nouns have gender: either masculine (el) or feminine (la). The Spanish nouns on this page are preceded by their associated definite articles.

Note: El Agua (water) is feminine, even though it uses the masculine article el.

el desayuno
breakfast

el almuerzo
lunch

la cena
dinner, supper

la comida
food, the main meal

la ensalada
salad

la sopa
soup

el agua, las aguas
water

la bebida
beverage, drink

el café
coffee

la cerveza
beer

el jugo
juice

la leche
milk

el
tea

el vino
wine

la galleta
cookie

el helado
ice cream
el pastel
pastry, pie

el postre
dessert

la torta
cake

el azúcar
sugar

la crema
cream

el hielo
ice

la mantequilla
butter

la mermelada
jam

la pimienta
pepper

la sal
salt

caliente
hot (temperature)

picante
hot (spicy)

frío
cold

helado de vainilla
vanilla ice cream

torta de chocolate
chocolate cake

jugo de naranja
orange juice

 
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