Food & drink · Comida y bebida
17 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. What's on the table — the staples you'll order, buy and cook.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | food | la comida | 🔗 Word familyFrom the verb comer (to eat). |
 | water | el agua | ⚠️ GenderTakes el for sound but stays feminine: el agua fría. |
 | bread | el pan | 🔗 Word familyla panadería (bakery). |
 | milk | la leche | |
 | coffee | el café | Also means 'café' (the place). |
 | tea | el té | The written accent distinguishes it from the pronoun te. |
 | juice | el jugo | 🌎 RegionIn Spain: zumo. |
 | meat | la carne | Idiom: de carne y hueso — flesh and blood. |
 | chicken | el pollo | The ll sounds like y: 'POH-yoh'. |
 | fish | el pescado | 🔗 Word familyFrom pescar (to fish); the live fish is el pez. |
 | rice | el arroz | 🌎 RegionIn Spain the z sounds like 'th'. |
 | egg | el huevo | Silent h: pronounced 'WEH-voh'. |
 | cheese | el queso | The u after q is silent: 'KEH-soh'. |
 | fruit | la fruta | |
 | vegetable | la verdura | 🔗 Word familyFrom verde (green). |
 | apple | la manzana | Also means a city block. |
 | sugar | el azúcar | 🔗 Word familyFrom Arabic, like 'sugar'. |