Food & Drinks in Croatian

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.

Contents

Basic Food & Spices
Basic Words & Phrases
Dishes
Dishes & Cutlery
Drinks
Flavors
Fruit & Vegetables
Meat & Sausages
Sweets
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Basic Food & Spices

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
bread [Sg]	kruh
breads [Pl]	kruhovi
roll [Sg]	pletenica
rolls [Pl]	pletenice
butter	puter
cheese	sir
honey	med
jam [Sg]	džem
jams [Pl]	džemovi
egg [Sg]	jaje
eggs [Pl]	jaja
noodles	nudle
rice	riža
yoghurt [Sg]	jogurt
yoghurts [Pl]	jogurti
sugar	šećer
salt	sol
pepper	papar
spice [Sg]	začin
spices [Pl]	začini
oil	ulje

Basic Words & Phrases

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) eat	jesti pojesti
food	hrana
(to) drink	piti
drink [Sg]	piće
drinks [Pl]	pića
hungry	gladan
hunger	glad
thirsty	žedan
thirst	žeđ
(to) cook	kuhati
(to) taste	kušati
tasty	ukusno
delicious	ukusno
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal!	Dobar tek!
Cheers! / To your health!	Nazdravlje!
breakfast	doručak
lunch	ručak
dinner	večera
restaurant [Sg]	restoran
restaurants [Pl]	restorani
bar [Sg]	bar
bars [Pl]	barovi
café [Sg]	kafić
cafés [Pl]	kafići

Dishes

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
soup [Sg]	juha
soups [Pl]	juhe
salad [Sg]	salata
salads [Pl]	salate
french fries / chips	pomfrit čips

Dishes & Cutlery

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
cutlery	escajg
fork	viljuška
spoon	žlica
knife	nož
plate	tanjur
glass	čaša
cup	šalica
mug	šolja

Drinks

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
water	voda
mineral water	mineralna voda
soda water / sparkling water	soda gazirana voda
still water	destilovana voda
juice [Sg]	sok
juices [Pl]	sokovi
beer	pivo
wine	vino
champagne	pjenušac
cocktail	koktel
milk	mlijeko
cocoa	kakao
coffee	kava
tea	čaj

Flavors

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
sweet	slatko
sour	kiselo
spicy	ljuto
salty	slano
bitter	gorko

Fruit & Vegetables

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
fruit	voće
vegetables	povrće
apple [Sg]	jabuka
apples [Pl]	jabuke
orange [Sg]	naranča
oranges [Pl]	naranče
strawberry [Sg]	jagoda
strawberries [Pl]	jagode
banana [Sg]	banana
bananas [Pl]	banane
potato [Sg]	krumpir
potatoes [Pl]	krumpiri
cucumber [Sg]	krastavac
cucumbers [Pl]	krastavci

Meat & Sausages

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
meat	meso
sausage [Sg]	kobasica
sausages [Pl]	kobasice
small sausage [Sg]	mala kobasica
small sausages [Pl]	male kobasice
ham [Sg]	šunka
hams [Pl]	šunke
chicken [Sg]	pilić
chicken [Pl]	pilići
fish [Sg]	riba
fish [Pl]	ribe
beef	govedina
lamb	jagnjetina

Sweets

English	Croatian	Pronunciation (Audio)
chocolate	čokolada
pie [Sg]	pita
pies [Pl]	pite
cake [Sg]	torta
cakes [Pl]	torte
biscuit [Sg]	biskvit
biscuits [Pl]	biskviti
icecream [Sg]	sladoled
icecream [Pl]	sladoledi

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