Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Catalan“.
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Basic Food & Spices
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
bread [Sg] | pa | breads [Pl] | pans |
roll [Sg] | panet | rolls [Pl] | panets |
butter | mantega | |
cheese | formatge | |
honey | mel | |
jam [Sg] | melmelada | jams [Pl] | melmelades |
egg [Sg] | ou | eggs [Pl] | ous |
noodles | fideus | |
rice | arròs | |
yoghurt [Sg] | iogurt | yoghurts [Pl] | iogurts |
sugar | sucre | |
salt | sal | |
pepper | pebre | |
spice [Sg] | espècia | spices [Pl] | espècies |
oil | oli |
Basic Words & Phrases
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
(to) eat | menjar | |
food | menjar | |
(to) drink | beure | |
drink [Sg] | beguda | drinks [Pl] | begudes |
hungry | afamat (m), afamada (f) | |
hunger | fam | |
thirsty | assedegat (m), assedegada (f) | |
thirst | set | |
(to) cook | cuinar | |
(to) taste | tastar | |
tasty | saborós (m), saborosa (f) | |
delicious | deliciós (m), deliciosa (f) | |
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal! | Bon profit! Que aprofiti! | |
Cheers! / To your health! | Salut! | |
breakfast | esmorzar | |
lunch | dinar | |
dinner | sopar | |
restaurant [Sg] | restaurant | restaurants [Pl] | restaurants |
bar [Sg] | bar | bars [Pl] | bars |
café | cafeteria |
Dishes
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
soup [Sg] | sopa | soups [Pl] | sopes |
salad [Sg] | amanida | salads [Pl] | amanides |
french fries / chips | patates fregides |
Dishes & Cutlery
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
cutlery | coberts | |
fork | forquilla | |
spoon | cullera | |
knife | ganivet | |
plate | plat | |
glass | got | |
cup | tassa | |
mug | tassa |
Drinks
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
water | aigua | |
mineral water | aigua mineral | |
soda water / sparkling water | aigua amb gas | |
still water | aigua sense gas | |
juice [Sg] | suc | juices [Pl] | sucs |
beer | cervesa | |
wine | vi | |
champagne | xampany | |
cocktail | còctel | |
milk | llet | |
cocoa | cacau | |
coffee | cafè | |
tea | te |
Flavors
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
sweet | dolç (m), dolça (f) | |
sour | àcid (m), àcida (f) | |
spicy | picant | |
salty | salat (m), salada (f) | |
bitter | amarg (m), amarga (f) |
Fruit & Vegetables
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
fruit | fruita | |
vegetables | verdures | |
apple [Sg] | poma | apples [Pl] | pomes |
orange [Sg] | taronja | oranges [Pl] | taronges |
strawberry [Sg] | maduixa | strawberries [Pl] | maduixes |
banana [Sg] | plàtan | bananas [Pl] | plàtans |
potato [Sg] | patata | potatoes [Pl] | patates |
cucumber [Sg] | cogombre | cucumbers [Pl] | cogombres |
Meat & Sausages
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
meat | carn | |
sausage [Sg] | embotit | sausages [Pl] | embotits salsitxes |
small sausage [Sg] | salsitxa petita | small sausages [Pl] | salsitxes petites |
ham | pernil | |
chicken | pollastre | |
fish | peix | |
beef | carn de res | |
lamb | xai |
Sweets
English | Catalan | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|
chocolate | xocolata | |
pie [Sg] | pastís | pies [Pl] | pastissos |
cake [Sg] | pastís | cakes [Pl] | pastissos |
biscuit [Sg] | galeta | biscuits [Pl] | galetes |
icecream | gelat |
Vocabulary trainer: Food & Drinks in Catalan
How do you say
coffee
in Catalan?
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