Spanish Food and Cooking Vocabulary Exercise 3

A third exercise on food and cooking vocabulary in Spanish. Includes more specialist cooking terms and food-related expressions. Intermediate level.

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Precise cooking vocabulary — una pizca (a pinch), la fibra (fibre), el tenedor (fork), el cuchillo (knife), la cuchara (spoon), el agua tibia (lukewarm water), verter (to pour), revolver (to stir), vegetariano/a (vegetarian), duras (hard/tough). These words appear in virtually every recipe.

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Cutlery genders — el tenedor (fork — masculine), el cuchillo (knife — masculine), la cuchara (spoon — feminine). A memory trick: the spoon is 'la' because she's the gentle one! Verter (to pour) is irregular: yo vierto, él vierte. Revolver (to stir) is stem-changing: yo revuelvo.

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Following recipe instructions — Añade una pizca de sal (Add a pinch of salt). Vierte el agua tibia poco a poco (Pour the lukewarm water slowly). Revuelve bien hasta que no haya grumos (Stir well until there are no lumps). Corta las verduras en trozos pequeños (Cut the vegetables into small pieces). Es un plato vegetariano (It's a vegetarian dish).

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Complete the following translations, using one of the following words: pizca, fibra, tenedor, verter, cuchillo, duras, agua tibia, cuchara, vegetariano, revolver.

1. My brother doesn't eat meat. He's a vegetarian. = Mi hermano no come carne. Es .✓

2. You have to eat it with a spoon. = Tienes que comerlo con una .✓

3. Could you pass me the fork, please. = ¿Me podrás pasar el ?✓

4. The knife is not sharp. = El está desafilado.✓

5. You have to pour (in) two cups of water. = Tienes que dos tazas de agua.✓

6. These vegetables are still hard. = Estas verduras están todavía .✓

7. Add a bit of salt. = Agrega una de sal.✓

8. Add half a cup of lukewarm water. = Agrega una media taza de .✓

9. You have to keep mixing the sauce. = Tienes que la salsa constantamente.✓

10. Black rice is high in fiber. = El arroz negro es alto en .✓