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Grocery shopping at a Polish supermarket Posted by on May 6, 2018 in Phrases

We all have to face grocery shopping at a different country! Well, 99% of us. We may be eating out and getting food served at a hotel/restaurant, but even the menu sometimes may not be in English, or not exactly translated into English (just like toast here in USA is…toast, but in Poland toast is more like a grilled cheese sometimes with vegetables in it!).

These words may be helpful while browsing shelves at a Polish supermarket!

 

Image courtesy pixabay.com

Image courtesy pixabay.com

Image courtesy pixabay.com

 

supermarket – supermarket

grocery store – sklep spożywczy

butcher – rzeźnik

market – market/targ

meat – mięso

bacon – bekon

beef – wołowina

chicken – kurczak

fatty meat – tłuste mięso

lean meat – chude mięso

ham – szynka

lamb – jagnięcina

meatball – klops (meatballs – klopsiki)

mince meat – mielone mięso

pork – wieprzowina

poultry – drób

sausage – kiełbasa

medium steak – średnio wysmażony stek

rare – surowy

well done – dobrze wysmażony

turkey – indyk

veal – cielęcina

white meat – białe mięso

red meat – czerwone mięso

fish – ryba

cod – dorsz

filet – filet

fish and chips – ryba z frytkami

herring – śledź

salmon – łosoś

sardines – sardynki

seafood – owoce morza

shellfish – skorupiaki

trout – pstrąg

tuna – tuńczyk

dairy products – nabiał

butter – masło

mature cheese – ostry ser

mild cheese – łagodny ser

cheese spread – serek do smarowania

cottage cheese – twarożek, serek wiejski

cream – śmietana

cream cheese – serek kremowy

grated cheese – ser starty na tarce

ice cream – lody

margarine – margaryna

milk – mleko

full milk – tłuste mleko

semi-skimmed milk – półtłuste mleko

skimmed milk – chude mleko

milk shake – koktajl mleczny

sour milk – kwaśne mleko

yogurt – jogurt

bread – chleb

fresh – świeży

stale – czerstwy

loaf of bread – bochenek chleba

roll – bułka

sliced loaf – chleb krojony

toast – tost

wholemeal – pełnoziarnisty

pasta – makaron

rice – ryż

apple pie – ciasto z jabłkami

birthday cake – tort urodzinowy

biscuits – herbatniki

cookies – ciasteczka

cake – ciasto

cheesecake – sernik

dessert – deser

pudding – deser

fruitcake – ciasto z owocami

poppy-seed cake – makowiec

apricot – morela

banana – banan

apple – jabłko

coconut – kokos

grapes – winogrona

grapefruit – grejfrut

lemon – cytryna

lime – limonka

mango – mango

melon – melon

orange – pomarańcza

peach – brzoskwinia

pear – gruszka

pineapple – ananas

plum – śliwka

raspberry – malina

strawberry – truskawka

watermelon – arbuz

asparagus – szparagi

avocado – awokado

broccoli – brokuły

cabbage – kapusta

carrot – marchewka

cauliflower – kalafior

celery – seler

courgette – cukinia

cucumber – ogórek

garlic – czosnek

green beans – groszek

leek – por

lettuce – sałata

mushrooms – grzyby

onion – cebula

pepper – papryka

potato – ziemniak

radish – rzodkiewka

sweetcorn – kukurydza

tomato – pomidor

turnip – kalarepa

herbs – zioła

mayonnaise – majonez

mustard – musztarda

oil – oliwa

parsley – natka pietruszki

black pepper – pieprz

salad dressing  – sos do sałatek

salt – sól

spices – przyprawy

sugar – cukier

vinegar – ocet

 

Happy shopping and smacznego!

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About the Author: Kasia

My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.