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Spanish Food Translation – Helpful Translations with Phonetic Pronunciations

Spanish Food Translation my first experience of food shopping in Majorca was when we moved to the beautiful village of Alaro. I decided to go to the local Saturday market to buy some fruit and vegetables. I had only been in Spain for five days, and I didn’t speak very much Spanish so …

… I had no choice but to point to everything I wanted to purchase.

I managed to purchase what I needed that day. However, in the following weeks, I went on a mission to learn the names of food that I regularly purchased. The words were quite easy to learn and …

… my next visit to the market was a breeze.

The gentleman who had served me the previous time was extremely impressed with my limited Spanish and kept on saying …

muy bien, which I later found out meant very good.

I felt quite proud of myself and his encouragement has motivated me to learn more and more Food Shopping words in Spanish ever since.

Should you decide to book into a self-catering hotel in Majorca, you will need to buy some food so …

… you may find the following list of words to be quite helpful.

I thought these Spanish Food Translations would sufficiently cover the words that you may need when you go food shopping in Majorca at the local weekly markets or supermarkets.

Types of Food Shops:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Butcherla Carniceriala kar-ni-the-reea
Super Marketel supermercadoel soo-per-mer-ka-do
Marketel Mercadoel mer-kado


Types of Bread:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Breadun panoon pan
Bread Rollpanecillopan-e-thee-yo
Brown Breadpan morenopan mo-ren-o
Wholemealpan integralpan een-te-gral
Rye Breadpan de centenopan de then-te-no
French Stick Breaduna barraoona ba-rah
White Breadpan blancopan blan-ko


Types of Meats:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Bacontocinotoe-theeno
Chickenpollopo-yo
Turkeypavopa-vo
Cooked Hamjamón yorkam-on york
Lambcorderokor-der-o
Porkcerdother-do
Rabbitconejokon-e-ho
Sausagessalchichassal-chee-chas
Vealterneratear-ne-ra


Fish and Shell Fish:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Clamsalmejasal-may-has
Codbacalaosba-ca-la-os
Halibuthalibutsal-i-boots
Perchperchaper-cha
MackerelCaballaka-ba-ya
Salmonsalmonessal-mon-es
Sardinessardinessar-deen-es
Scallopsvenerasben-er-as
Prawns, Shrimps (U.S.)gambasgam-bas
Snailscaracolescar-a-col-es
Squidcalamarescal-a-mar-es
Trouttruchatroo-cha
Tunaatuna-toon


Dairy Products:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Buttermantequillaman-te-keeya
Cheesequesokay-so
Creamnatana-ta
Eggshuevoskho-we-vos
Milklechele-chay
Margarinemargarinamar-ga-rina
Full (Milk)enteraen-terra
Semi-skimmed (Milk)semidesnatadasemi-des-na-tada
Skimmed (Milk)/td>desnatadades-na-tada
Yogurtyoguresyo-gu-res


Some Spices:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Chilechilechill-ay
Cilantro cilantrosil-an-tro
Cinnamoncanelacan-ella
Clovesclavos de olorcla-vos day ol-or
Dilleneldoen-el-do
Gingerjengibrekhen-ee-bray
Parsleyperejilper-e-hill
Hot Pepperpimienta calientepim-yen-ta cal-ee-en-tay
Sweet Pepperpimenta dulcepim-yen-ta dool-say
Oreganooréganoor-ay-gan-o
Rosemaryromeroro-mer-o
Saltsalsal


Sweeteners:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Honeyla miella my-el
Sugarazúcara-thoo-car


Drink (non alcoholic):

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Coffeecaféka-fay
Juicezumothoo-mo
Teatay
Tonic Wateragua tonicaa-gwa ton-ee-ka
Wateraguaa-gwa


Drink (alcoholic):

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Beercervezather-be-tha
Brandybrandybran-dee
Ginginebrakhin-ay-bra
Rumronron
Vodkavodkabod-ka
Wine (white)vino (blanco)vee-no blonko
Wine (red)vino (tinto)vee-no teen-to
Wine (Rosé)vino (Rosado)vee-no ro-sa-do


Some Fruit:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Applesmanzanasman-tha-nas
Bananasplátanospla-ta-nos
Cherriescerezasser-ay-thas
Grapesuvasoo-vas
Kiwikiwikee-wee
Lemonlimonlee-mon
Limelimalee-ma
Orangesnaranjasnar-an-has
Pearsperaspear-as
Strawberriesfresasfray-sas


Some Vegetables:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Beanslas judiaslas khu-dee-as
Bean Sproutsbrotes de sojabro-tes de so-ha
Beetrootremolacharem-o-la-cha
Broccolibrócolibro-col-ee
Carrotslas Zanahoriaslas than-a-or-ee-as
Cauliflowercoliflorcol-i-floor
Celeryel Apioel ap-yo
Leekspuerropoo-er-o
Lettucela Lechugala lay-shu-ga
Onionslas Cebollaslas se-boy-as
Peaslos guisanteslos gees-an-tes
Potatola potatala po-ta-ta
Radishrábanora-ba-no
Spring Onion (Shallot U.S.)cebolletase-bo-yet-a
Tomatoel Tomateel to-mat-ee
Swede (Turnip U.S.)Nabona-bo


Other:

If you have particular food requirements, you may find the following Spanish Food Translation words to be useful.

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Sugar freesin azúcarsin a-thoo-car
Gluten freesin glusin-gloo
organicbiobye-o
Fat freedesnatadodes-na-ta-do


Continental Breakfast:

English WordSpanish WordSpanish Phonetic
Jammarmaladamar-me-la-da
Toasttostadastoss-ta-das


Helpful Phrases To Use For Food Shopping:

The words in the brackets below are written in phonetics to help you pronounce the sentences correctly.

I would like two chicken breasts, please.Quisiera dos pechugas de pollo, por favor.(Key-sy-era dos pay-chu-gas day poyo, por fav-or.)

Do you sell milk here?Usted vende leche aquí?(oo-sted ven-day le-chay a-kee?)

Yes. You will find it on the shelves over there.Si, usted lo encontrará sobre los estantes ahí.(See, oo-sted low en-con-tra-ra so-bray loss es-tan-tes a-yee.)

Anything else? Algo mas? (Al-go mass?)

Nothing else, thank you. Nada mas, gracias.(Na-da mass, grath-yas.)

How much is it?Cuánto es?(Kwan-to es?)

Two Euros and forty-five cents, please.Dos Euros quarentacinco por favor.(Dos ee-you-ros kwa-ren-ta-theen-ko, por fa-vor.)

If you use this list when you go Food Shopping in Majorca your shopping experience will be made much easier and you will really impress the locals.

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