Friday, December 29, 2023

Spanish words on your Mexican or Spanish or South American restaurant menu and in the restaurant



 I have been religiously learning Spanish words prior to y next trip to a Spanish speaking country, Spain. Spanish is also useful for South America as well as central America, nd is increasingly used in the USA. I practise on Duolingo every day. I also have Berlitz's earworms. Here are some handy words and phrases>

Spanish - English

agua - water

bebidas - drinks

blanco - white

botella - bottle (Double l pronounced like y)

cerveza - beer

cuchara - spoon (starts cu like cup shape)

dua - two (like duo)

menu - menu

mesa - table

por favor - please

rosado - rose wine

sal - salt

te - you singular

tinto - red wine (think of tinted)

vaso - glass (my memory aid is glas vase)

vino - wine


English - Spanish

beer - cerveza

bottle - botella

drink/drinks - la babida (las) bebidas

fork - 

glass - vaso

knife - c

menu - menu

my - mi

please - por favor

red wine - vino tinto (adjective second)

rose wine - rosado

salt - sal

Spoon - cuchara

table - mesa

two - dua

white - blanco

wine - vino

waiter -

water - agua

you (singular) - te


Quiz

Questions

Give the Spanish for

1 table

2 knife

3 fork 

4 spoon

5 two

6 wine

7 water

8 waiter

9

10



Answers

1 mesa

2

3

4 cuchara

5

6 vino

7 dua

8 agua

9

10

Useful Websites

duolingo.com

Wikivoyage phrasebook

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