Spanish Food Vocabulary Exercise 1

Practise Spanish food vocabulary. Each question shows a food item — write its correct Spanish name. Beginner–elementary level.

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Food names and gender — la pizza, los frijoles (beans), el pastel (cake), las galletas (biscuits/cookies), la leche (milk), el arroz (rice), las aceitunas (olives), los cereales (cereal), la pasta (pasta), el queso (cheese). These cover staples from breakfast to dinner.

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Frijoles — a regional staple — Los frijoles (beans) are central to many Latin American cuisines and appear in countless dishes: frijoles negros, frijoles refritos (refried beans). In Spain, the more common term is las alubias or las judías. El arroz con leche (rice pudding) and la pasta con queso (pasta with cheese) are simple combo phrases using these words.

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Talking about food preferences — Me encantan las aceitunas (I love olives). ¿Hay queso en el frigorífico? (Is there cheese in the fridge?). Para el desayuno tomo cereales con leche (For breakfast I have cereal with milk). ¿Quieres un trozo de pastel? (Do you want a slice of cake?). El arroz está listo (The rice is ready).

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Write the Spanish name for each dish or type of food; choose from the following words:

pizza, frijoles, pastel, galletas, leche, arroz, aceitunas, cereales, pasta, queso

1. la ✓

2. el ✓

3. las ✓

4. los ✓

5. el ✓

6. una ✓

7. los ✓

8. un trozo de ✓

9. unas ✓

10. la ✓