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Spanish Food Words

Below you will see a bunch of Spanish words for food. Enter their English translations.
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First submittedAugust 8, 2012
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Spanish
English
Arroz
Rice
Pollo
Chicken
Queso
Cheese
Ensalada
Salad
Pan
Bread
Carne
Meat
Cerveza
Beer
Leche
Milk
Agua
Water
Sopa
Soup
Café
Coffee
Huevo
Egg
Jamón
Ham
Pescado
Fish
Frijoles
Beans
Camarón
Shrimp
Jugo
Juice
Piña
Pineapple
Bistec
Steak
Naranja
Orange
Maíz
Corn
Plátano
Banana
Manzana 
Apple
Mantequilla 
Butter
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101 Recent Comments
Andlanderson
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Level 35
Dec 20, 2013
100% 3:21 left, take that Memento I am better than you!!!!!!!
melodyhansen
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Level 31
Dec 20, 2013
100% 3:23 left... what now!
williamsw21
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Level 32
Jan 25, 2015
100% 3:28 left... what now!
JerseyzFinest
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Level 60
Jan 21, 2014
100% with 3:17 remaining

BTW: Platano is plantain - Guineo is banana

divantilya
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Level 36
Jan 20, 2018
Thank you, JersezFinest: Couldn't think of Guineo, but I knew that the Spanish word for banana is not platano (at least not in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean).
markasol
+7
Level 79
Oct 12, 2018
Platano is the Spanish word for banana in Spain
TravelingMama
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Level 72
Feb 16, 2020
In California I've always heard it as platano.
GeographyPerson2
+1
Level 32
Mar 6, 2021
For me in Argentina we say Banana and for plantain we say platano
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
Sep 13, 2025
Yeah I was taught it's one of those words that has a lot of regional variation, like the bus, or like where do they say boligrafo and where do they say pluma?
mikedelis
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Level 69
Aug 24, 2014
I learned the word for chicken from Los Pollos Hermanos
PacoGee
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Level 43
Mar 12, 2018
lol here in AZ we have a place called pollo loco the crazy chicken haha
partdavid
+2
Level 74
Dec 7, 2021
It's a Los Angeles-based chain in multiple states, I'm not sure how many.
azportsider
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Level 68
Nov 12, 2014
100% with 2:28 left. It doesn't hurt to live in Arizona and travel in Mexico.
Ludovico
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Level 69
Mar 16, 2015
In my country, "platano" is plantain; banana would be "guineo".
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Jan 14, 2023
YES!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Mar 16, 2015
100% no guessing. Spanish class came back to me. Though I did type in "beef steak" before "steak" probably just because it sounds similar.
stromae
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Level 70
Mar 16, 2015
don't speak a lick of spanish but a lot of these words are similar to the french words
jacksonjoly
+1
Level 28
Mar 16, 2015
I speak no Spanish and still got 16 haha
zuni
+1
Level 32
Mar 21, 2015
OMG!!! Guessed logically and got full
samrogerson
+7
Level 24
May 14, 2015
I tried 'soap' for 'sopa' on a food quiz...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 12, 2019
you are not alone ;) did get soup eventually though
carlonian
+1
Level 72
Dec 15, 2021
I asked for "La Sopa" in a Barcelonian Supermarket. I was directed to the Soup section. To my surprise, there were only Soups there, not Soaps(which I was looking for)
Enelabe
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Level 29
Aug 29, 2015
That was easy because I'm actually Spanish \^^/

Anyway, this quiz is made on Latin Spanish. In Spanish juice would be "zumo", shrimp would be "gamba", steak would be "filete" (well could also be "bistec" but is not comonly used) and beans would be "alubias" or "judías". Anyway, great quiz ;))

divantilya
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Level 36
Oct 12, 2018
If your word for steak is "Filete", what would you call a T-bone Steak? And I thought that "Gamba" was what we call Prawns.
Reginaml07
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Level 24
Feb 12, 2021
yeah all of these are according on where you live because i live on mexico and got all of them first try.
Bulbabae
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Level 48
Dec 15, 2021
Yeah, I missed both steak and shrimp because of the Latin Spanish. Luckily I had heard of Jugo = Zumo
spitzer
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Level 11
Apr 27, 2016
i am a kenyan but braved myself in this language!
steelpenguin9
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Level 83
May 25, 2016
Unless I'm mistaken, but isnt 'ananas' Spanish for pineapple?? Could this be accepted as well?
Findlay
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Level 80
May 25, 2016
Can you allow 'prawn' as well as 'shrimp' for 'camarón'?
Malbaby
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Level 70
Jun 27, 2017
In Australia they farm a freshwater crayfish that is called 'Marron' very similar to the name Camaron.
divantilya
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Level 36
Jan 20, 2018
Gamba is Prawn; Camaron is shrimp.
ntighe
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Level 13
May 29, 2016
Banana - la banana
Neptune777
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Level 71
Jul 1, 2016
Unless you have a strong Hispanic heritage or studied Mexican food a lot, there;s no way you could have gotten a lot. I got 8, and I;ve never studied food in Spanish classes before.
brandybuck96
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Level 82
Sep 14, 2016
I got 19 and I don't know any Spanish.
joeythelemur
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Level 80
Apr 24, 2017
Way to go on assuming what everyone else on this site could possibly know! That will get you far in life!
Dimby
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Level 83
Dec 16, 2021
Yeah, because making logical assumptions about anonymous Internet quiz takers is an abundantly important skill in life. This response was a bit much, no?
Sifhraven
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Level 76
Jan 12, 2019
We dont even have spanish lessons here. And no neighbouring countries speaking spanish, so really no exposure at all to the language here. And still got 15. In hindsight I would ve know atleast two more. A lot of times the clue is in the word allready. And for cerveza it is something you sometimes hear in movies or something, Im not sure where, but it is a word that gets around ( maybe from others bragging they know what beer is in spanish, I know I did when I was young haha, though I cant remember where I picked it up)
clivey
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Level 69
Feb 17, 2020
I got 19 and I don't speak any Spanish, but I do eat food - And most of these words are in names of dishes - Brands/ varieties of foods. Really wasn't too difficult to work out.
Ludovico
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Level 69
Aug 2, 2016
Spanish and English are probably the only two languages that don't call pineapples "ananas". Piña and Pineapple look like they have the same origin.
Malbaby
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Level 70
Jun 27, 2017
菠萝
flyingturtle123
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Level 32
Apr 23, 2017
3:23 left
bertomeca
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Level 39
Apr 23, 2017
in Spanish, it should be "habas", "habichuelas", "judías"...but definitively not "frijoles", at least in Spain. Frijoles is more a word from South America
Miqueas
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Level 73
Apr 23, 2017
May I remind you Latin American Spanish is still Spanish
emmyp247
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Level 53
Jul 10, 2019
Frijoles are beans.
Reginaml07
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Level 24
Feb 12, 2021
in mexico they are only called beans, it is interesting how there is different words for it.
USAmazing
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Level 21
Apr 23, 2017
It's really just a Spanish Language quiz, not really about Spanish Food.
CaptainHumanLogic
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Level 39
Apr 23, 2017
:( Only 79%
Vito3
+1
Level 22
Apr 25, 2017
Google Translate came in handy!
Malbaby
+7
Level 70
Jun 27, 2017
Your not related to Lance Armstrong by any chance?
Malbaby
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Level 70
Jun 27, 2017
Mantequilla, a beautiful name for Butter, I thought it was a sort of veil worn by aristocratic ladies.
ander217
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Level 73
Sep 3, 2017
I like that word, too, but to me it sounds as though it's a place that should be in a movie title - "Indiana Jones and the Treasure of Mantequilla". :)
acamantor
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Level 59
Feb 16, 2020
I think you are talking of "mantilla" not "mantequilla"
PickleChicken
+2
Level 42
Nov 29, 2017
This could work as a reverse test for Spanish speakers
rosiieposiie
+4
Level 21
Apr 13, 2018
you should also put zumo for juice as that's the most common form of the word.
Seb4
+1
Level 15
Apr 17, 2018
I speak spanish and I had no idea what bistec was. Is this only in Spain?
Ferinoze
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Level 60
Aug 23, 2018
technically maiz is maize
emmyp247
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Level 53
Jul 10, 2019
No, maiz is how you say corn in Spanish.
FadKrashmor
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Level 70
Feb 1, 2020
No it isn't! "Maiz" is the translation of "maize", "corn" translates to "granos" or "cereales". It also appears elsewhere above that it is not only the British and the Americans who are divided by a common language.
roadrage
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Level 67
Feb 16, 2020
So what’s the difference between maize and corn?
vermiciousknid
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Level 91
May 19, 2021
@roadrage: In the USA (and apparently in Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well according to Wikipedia) maize and corn are largely considered synonymous and refer to the "staple grain of indigenous Americans". In the UK, however, corn is a more general term for cereal grains.
ddddan
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Level 85
Feb 17, 2020
Maize should work (but doesn't)
CurtisNewton
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Level 60
Feb 6, 2025
Just because they stopped saying "indian corn" in the US does not make "corn" the only correct translation of "maíz". "Maize" should definitely be accepted.
Damangio
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Level 64
Feb 20, 2020
The English word "corn" has different meanings depending on where you are. In North America, "corn" is maize. In other parts of the world, "corn" is a synonym for "grain" or "cereal," and so "corn" includes maize, wheat, barley, rice, etc.

But yes, "maize" should be accepted.

AnEverydayNerd8
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Level 55
Jan 2, 2019
18/24. I'd like to thank Duolingo and my 5th grade Spanish class.
joshcw
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Level 47
Feb 2, 2019
BISTEC is Beef Steak. The actual word is the spanish pronuntiation of it (in Spanish)
oigreS127
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Level 39
Mar 4, 2019
In Spain Jugo is Zumo
CurtisNewton
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Level 60
Feb 6, 2025
¡Verdad! But that does not change that the translation for "Jugo" is "Juice".
MimaYo
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Level 42
May 23, 2019
2 ez 4 me
divantilya
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Level 36
Sep 16, 2019
A plantain is (perhaps only in Latin America and the Caribbean) a fruit similar to a banana, but not identical. A banana can be picked and eaten as is; a plantain is either boiled or fried while green or after it has ripened. The term for the fried green plantain is "tostones" while the fried ripened variety are called platanos maduros or simply "maduros".
arpacas
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Level 39
Sep 25, 2019
18/24 and I don't speak Spanish :)
Karla66
+2
Level 16
Jan 20, 2020
Put the yellow box on this quiz? It's too easy to fluke unconnected answers otherwise.
clivey
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Level 69
Feb 17, 2020
I got 19 and I don't speak any Spanish, but I do eat food - And most of these words are in names of dishes - Brands/ varieties of foods. Really wasn't too difficult to work out.
MaxStickies
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Level 80
Feb 17, 2020
So I wonder why the Grim Fandango character is called Naranja then?
kno
+3
Level 36
Feb 19, 2020
Shrimp is called Gamba here in Spain, camarón is like a very specific type of shrimp
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Feb 20, 2020
not that way in Mexico according to what I learned from my coworkers at Denny's in 2001.
Gabisolarboy
+1
Level 50
Feb 28, 2020
In Cuba, they also say camarón.
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Feb 20, 2020
In Paraguay butter is "manteca" instead of "mantequilla." Maybe they just have bigger butter there.
Reginaml07
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Level 24
Feb 12, 2021
in mexico, manteca comes from an animal's grease and mantequilla is the milk one
GeographyPerson2
+1
Level 32
Mar 6, 2021
In Argentina we say manteca too. I have not really heard anyone say Mantequilla.
CurtisNewton
+1
Level 60
Feb 6, 2025
"manteca" is lard in Iberian Spanish. Es lo mismo in México.
SamtheHam
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Level 55
Oct 3, 2020
Wouldn't platano mean plantain instead of banana? Plantains are similar to bananas, they are just slightly different. I always thought banana was la banana.
SlipperyEel
+1
Level 53
Dec 26, 2020
Easy. I am learning Spanish. Got em all.
vrvno
+2
Level 44
May 19, 2021
i'm spanish and camaron isn't a shrimp, camaron is something similar but shrimp would be "gamba"
stalintime
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Level 81
Nov 10, 2021
I was really confused by this too. I think that they used Latin American Spanish for this quiz, and there they call gambas "camarones". It's not easy being European, but at the end of the day, Americans wish they were us.
EvanAviator
+4
Level 61
Dec 5, 2021
like 95% of spanish speakers are in the americas though
Duplex
+1
Level 20
Jul 31, 2025
Yes, but this is supposed to be a Castilian Spanish quiz.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
Only missed cerveza
Kiwigeokid2007
+1
Level 63
Dec 15, 2021
I just guessed random foods and I got 19, didn’t even think about the words except Agua. maybe change the predictability/averageness of the quiz.
interopia
+2
Level 90
Dec 27, 2021
Use yellow box.
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Dec 16, 2021
Lava Los Manos - Piso Mojado - Cuidado - Asta Lavista - Hombre - La cooka rocha.
K4ZB3RSKY
+1
Level 59
Dec 25, 2021
Spanish English Goggle Translate is the best way to get full points.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 60
Jan 11, 2022
Well this is more about practicing, not cheating.
ScribblScout
+1
Level 48
Jan 24, 2022
I forgot Pina... A conjugation
rubuenaso
+2
Level 56
May 18, 2022
In Spain we say zumo for juice, instead of jugo, and alubias for beans, for example.

Regards

PeppyPenguin
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Level 46
Jun 22, 2022
17/24. Not bad for saying I haven’t spoke a word of it for 2 years
LunarosMusic
+2
Level 61
Sep 24, 2023
I thought juice was zumo in Spanish. Might be because I learnt Castilian Spanish in school.
cerave
+2
Level 28
Dec 16, 2023
I got 23/24 for spelling pineapple like pinapple
sttlok
+1
Level 55
May 29, 2025
Bistec comes from the English “beefsteak.”
markasol
+1
Level 79
May 29, 2025
jugo, bistec, frijoles and camaron are Latin American Spanish, they are not used here in Spain. In Spain the words would be zumo, entrecot, alubias and gambas respectively.
Xanalania
+1
Level 40
May 29, 2025
I live in Philippines, half are freebie!
Duplex
+1
Level 20
Jul 31, 2025
Considering this is supposed to be a Castilian Spanish (which seems to be...):

1. It's zumo, not jugo

2. It's filete, not bistec

3. It's gamba, not camaron

4. It's alubias, not frijoles

Nice quiz though. Thanks for the free points as a Spaniard!

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