Dishes vocabulary Pratos
21 Portuguese words on the topic of dishes — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Dishes from Brazilian and world cuisine — prato means both plate and dish.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | dish | o prato | Both plate and course: prato principal = main course. |
 | soup | a sopa | You take soup: tomar sopa, not eat. |
 | salad | a salada | Fruit salad, salada de frutas, is a popular dessert in Brazil. |
 | paella | a paella | Spanish loan that keeps its spelling: a paella (feminine). |
 | tacos | os tacos | taco on its own also means a bat or pool cue: taco de sinuca. |
 | guacamole | o guacamole | The avocado itself is o abacate. |
 | tortilla | a tortilla | Spanish loan; a plain omelet is omelete. |
 | empanada | a empanada | Related to pão (bread) — wrapped in dough. Brazil's local cousin is the empada (empadinha). |
 | asado | o asado | Argentine loan; Brazil's own barbecue is churrasco. Native Portuguese roasted is spelled assado, double s. |
 | ceviche | o ceviche | Portuguese ch = sh, so it comes out seh-VEE-shee. |
 | hamburger | o hambúrguer | Silent h; note the accent: hambúrguer, plural hambúrgueres. |
 | pizza | a pizza | Brazilian idiom: acabar em pizza — to fizzle out with nobody punished. |
 | pasta | a massa | a massa = both 'pasta' and 'dough'. Brazilian slang: que massa! = cool! |
 | sandwich | o sanduíche | Brazilian slang: sanduba. 🇵🇹 PortugalPortugal says a sandes. |
 | french fries | as batatas fritas | Usually shortened to fritas: uma porção de fritas. |
 | mashed potatoes | o purê de batatas | usually just o purê. 🔗 RootFrom French purée. |
 | fried egg | o ovo frito | Hidden shift: the first o is closed in ovo, open in the plural ovos. |
 | dessert | a sobremesa | 🔗 RootLiterally over the table. |
 | ice cream | o sorvete | 🔗 RootCognate of sorbet. 🇵🇹 Portugalthat is the Brazilian word — Portugal says gelado. |
 | cake | o bolo | Idiom: dar bolo em alguém = to stand someone up. |
 | cookies | os biscoitos | São Paulo says bolacha — a famous Brazilian debate. 🔗 RootLiterally twice-baked, like biscuit. |