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200 Spanish words and expressions for food, technology and software development. Each has an English meaning, a picture and an example in everyday vos Spanish. Nouns include their article and plural; verbs and expressions are ready to use in conversation.
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- potato
Comprá un kilo de papas.
Buy a kilo of potatoes.
Usual Argentine term; patata is common in Spain.
plural papas
- sweet potato
Las batatas están en el horno.
The sweet potatoes are in the oven.
Also used to make dulce de batata, a firm sweet paste.
plural batatas
- pumpkin; winter squash
Voy a hacer una sopa de zapallo.
I'm going to make pumpkin soup.
A broad name for several squash varieties; not one exact variety.
plural zapallos
- small summer squash, often round and green
¿Querés una tarta de zapallitos?
Would you like a summer squash tart?
Often zapallito redondo; do not automatically translate it as the elongated zucchini.
plural zapallitos
- corn on the cob; sweetcorn
La empanada tiene choclo y queso.
The empanada has sweetcorn and cheese.
Used for tender corn in food contexts; maíz is the broader term for maize.
plural choclos
- bell pepper; sweet pepper
Cortá el morrón en tiras.
Cut the bell pepper into strips.
A sweet pepper, not necessarily a hot chili. Pimiento is also used.
plural morrones
- avocado
Esta palta está madura.
This avocado is ripe.
The usual local equivalent of aguacate; also used elsewhere in South America.
plural paltas
- strawberry
Quiero helado de frutilla.
I'd like strawberry ice cream.
Equivalent to fresa in many other varieties of Spanish.
plural frutillas
- peach
Los duraznos están dulces.
The peaches are sweet.
Equivalent to melocotón in Spain.
plural duraznos
- apricot
Compré mermelada de damasco.
I bought apricot jam.
Equivalent to albaricoque in Spain.
plural damascos
- banana
¿Querés una banana?
Would you like a banana?
A common local name for the sweet fruit.
plural bananas
- pineapple
El licuado es de ananá.
The smoothie is pineapple.
Stress falls on the final syllable; piña is used in many other countries.
plural ananás
- pea
Agregá las arvejas al arroz.
Add the peas to the rice.
Usually encountered as arvejas; guisantes is common in Spain.
plural arvejas
- bean
Dejá los porotos en remojo.
Leave the beans to soak.
Usually porotos for beans as food; compare frijoles or judías elsewhere.
plural porotos
- green bean; string bean
Las chauchas van en la ensalada.
The green beans go in the salad.
The tender edible pod, distinct from shelled or dried porotos.
plural chauchas
- eggplant; aubergine
Hice berenjenas al horno.
I made baked eggplant.
plural berenjenas
- onion
La fugazzeta lleva mucha cebolla.
Fugazzeta has lots of onion.
plural cebollas
- garlic
Picá un diente de ajo.
Chop a clove of garlic.
Un diente de ajo means a clove of garlic.
plural ajos
- carrot
Rallá una zanahoria para la ensalada.
Grate a carrot for the salad.
plural zanahorias
- lettuce
Lavá bien la lechuga.
Wash the lettuce well.
plural lechugas
- tomato
La ensalada tiene tomate y cebolla.
The salad has tomato and onion.
plural tomates
- bread; loaf of bread
¿Me pasás el pan?
Could you pass me the bread?
Usually singular as a food; panes can refer to loaves or kinds of bread.
plural panes
- rice
Hoy comemos arroz con pollo.
Today we're having chicken and rice.
Usually singular as a food; the plural can refer to kinds or dishes.
plural arroces
- noodle; pasta
Los fideos están listos.
The pasta is ready.
In everyday Argentine usage, fideos can refer broadly to pasta, not only thin noodles.
plural fideos
- flour
Necesitamos harina para la masa.
We need flour for the dough.
Usually singular as an ingredient; the plural can refer to different kinds.
plural harinas
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This list was written for this site rather than taken from a corpus, so it has no frequency figures and keeps the order it was written in, group by group. English meanings, notes and example sentences are original; the examples use everyday Argentine vos. Regional and technical distinctions are checked against the references each entry cites: language guidance, public sources and primary software documentation. Ordinary vocabulary and uncited workplace notes are authored here rather than individually sourced.
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