{"id":77,"date":"2008-05-27T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=77"},"modified":"2008-05-27T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T15:32:35","slug":"food-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/food-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Food vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello there! OK, so a reader e-mailed me last week and asked, \u201cAdir, Spanish is spoken in so many countries, and I just found out that food has several names in different countries, so how do I do to memorize that?\u201d I gave it some thought and the answer to that question is: you don\u00b4t memorize it, you just have to know the difference and pick a variant, be it in grammar, vocabulary and accent. One of the greatest joys of teaching and learning Spanish is the amount of variety inside Spanish, but for those of you who are so desperate because you\u00b4d learned that strawberry is fresa <\/strong>(in Spain) but when you went to Argentina and ordered zumo de fresa<\/em> (strawberry juice), people gave you a weird look, here\u00b4s a small list of some different fruit and vegatable names in Spanish. I chose Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela for the examples.<\/p>\n

1. Strawberry<\/strong>
\nSpain: fresa<\/em>
\nMexico: fresa<\/em>
\nArgentina: frutilla<\/em>
\nVenezuela: fresa<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Peanuts<\/strong>
\nSpain: cacahuete<\/em>
\nMexico: cacahuete<\/em>
\nArgentina: man\u00ed<\/em>
\nVenezuela: man\u00ed<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Peach<\/strong>
\nSpain: melocot\u00f3n<\/em>
\nMexico: durazno<\/em>
\nArgentina: durazno<\/em>
\nVenezuela: durazno<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Beans<\/strong>
\nSpain: jud\u00eda, alubia, haba<\/em>
\nMexico: frijol<\/em>
\nArgentina: poroto<\/em>
\nVenezuela: caraota<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Sweetcorn<\/strong>
\nSpain: mazorca<\/em>
\nMexico: elote<\/em>
\nArgentina: choclo<\/em>
\nVenezuela: jojoto<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Avocado<\/strong>
\nSpain: aguacate<\/em>
\nMexico: aguacate<\/em>
\nArgentina: palta<\/em>
\nVenezuela: aguacate<\/em><\/p>\n

6. Pepper<\/strong>
\nSpain: pimiento picante<\/em>
\nMexico: chile<\/em>
\nArgentina: aj\u00ed<\/em>
\nVenezuela: aj\u00ed<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a1Nos vemos prontito!<\/em><\/div>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello there! OK, so a reader e-mailed me last week and asked, \u201cAdir, Spanish is spoken in so many countries, and I just found out that food has several names in different countries, so how do I do to memorize that?\u201d I gave it some thought and the answer to that question is: you don\u00b4t…<\/p>\n

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