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¿Qué desayunaste? (What did you have for breakfast?).

The following are questions you may ask if you enjoy talking about food: Well, there are also specific verbs for having lunch and dinner: Towards the beginning of this text I told you that Spanish has a specific word for “having breakfast”.

aceitunas (olives) - The olive par excellence is the green one, but you can also find aceitunas negras (black olives).

cebolla morada (literally, purple onion, but we mean red onion).

piña (ananas or pineapple) - I know, pineapple on pizza is controversial, but you know what? ¡A mí me gusta! (I like it!).

asado ( carne asada in Mexico) - a barbequeįor dinner, I usually have a craving for things I'm familiar with, like una pizza, una hamburguesa or una pasta.Ī vegetarian pizza would have all or either of the following:.

ceviche - a type of salad made with fish or seafood “cooked” in lime juice, mixed with fresh vegetables.picadillo - meat-based stew, with either ground or shredded beef.empanadas - corn or wheat flour pastries, with all kinds of fillings, like a Latin pie.Now, some of my favorite Latin American dishes include:

#SPANISH VOCAB WORDS HOW TO#

If there is a particular restaurant you want to visit in Latin America, and if you want to learn how to order and how to go through a Spanish written menu, check out my video about Restaurants. You might want to drink un vaso de agua (a glass of water), un vaso de leche (a glass of mil) or una copa de vino (a glass of wine).

So, we make a difference between un vaso (a glass or a cup) and una copa (a glass). Keep this in mind: En español we have a specific word for the glass in which tomamos vino (we drink wine). Who doesn't like vino blanco (white wine), vino tinto (red wine), or cerveza (beer)? Most likely you would have some animal protein, like: res (beef), puerco or cerdo (pork), or pollo (chicken), and vegetales (vegetables), like: Whatever your main meal is, you could have a side of arroz (rice), una ensalada (a salad), or frijoles (beans) if you are in Mexico! We can start a meal with sopa (soup) or un caldo (a clear broth-based soup). Now let´s jump to el almuerzo or la comida (lunch)! These are the most common drinks when having breakfast: hot cakes -in Mexico, pancakes are called hotcakes 😱.

huevos con _ (eggs with _) - This one is among my favorites because it means scrambled eggs mixed with something else.huevos estrellados or huevos fritos (fried eggs) - I love estrellados 🍳, because it means both smashed and star studded… How poetic is that?!.So, we have a huge array of possibilities for breakfast, but we also have a lot in common with other parts of the world: Spanish has a verb for “having breakfast”: desayunar. Keep in mind that Latin America is an immense region: even within countries you'll come across great variations of what people have for breakfast. Let's start with el desayuno (breakfast). DISHES COMMON TO MANY COUNTRIES IN LATAM.

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