Food and Cookery Dictionary

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Here is a handy list of Food and Cooking terms in both English and Spanish, great for
taking to the grocery store when shopping and need to ask where something is.

FOOD AND COOKING TERMS

A
a punto (carne) - medium rare alcohólico - alcoholic
abadejo - haddock almendra - almond
ablandar - soften almíbar - syrup
abombar - to hollow almuerzo - lunch
acanalado - corrugated amasar (pan etc) - knead
acanalado - grooved, corrugated anchoa - anchovy
acedía - plaice
añadir - add
English to Spanish aceite - oil
aperitivo - aperitif
add - agregar aceite de oliva - olive oil
apio - celery
add - añadir aceituna - olive
arándanos - bilberries
alcohol - alcohol adquirir cuerpo - to thicken
arenque - herring
alcoholic - alcohólico afrutado (vino) - fruity
arroz de grano corto - short grain
almond - almendra agregar - add rice
anchovy - anchoa agrio - sour, bitter arroz de grano largo - long grain rice
aperitif - aperitivo agua con gas - sparkling mineral water arroz - rice
apple - manzana agua mineral - mineral water asado - roast
apricot - albaricoque agua potable - drinking water asar - roast
artichoke - alcochofa agua sin gas - still mineral water atún - tuna
asparagus - espárragos aguacate - avocado pear avellana - hazelnut
assorted - surtido (adj.) ahumado - smoked aves - poultry
assortment, variety - surtido (sub.) ajo - garlic avinagrado - vinegary
avocado - aguacate albahaca - basil azafrán - saffron
albaricoque - apricot azúcar extrafino - castor sugar
Spanish to English azúcar moreno - brown sugar
alcochofa - artichoke
a punto de nieve - until it froths
alcohol - alcohol azúcar - sugar
a fuego lento - on a low heat
alcohólico - alcoholic azúcar glacé - glazing sugar
a la parrilla - grilled

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B
blackcurrants - grosellas negras baño maría - bain marie
blend - batir bastante - quite
blender - batidora, licuadora batido - beaten
body - cuerpo batido de chocolate - chocolate
boil - hervir milkshake
bottle - botella batido - milkshake
English to Spanish bowl - tazón, cuenco, bol batido para rebozar - batter
baby clams - almejas brandy - coñac batidora, licuadora – blender
bacon - beicon boiled - hervido batir - blend
bain marie - baño maría bones - huesos batir - cream (verb)
bake - hornear (pateles) bebida – drink
Bordeaux wine - vino de bordeos
baking tray - tartera, molde para beicon - bacon
bread crumbs - pan rallado
hornear berenjena - aubergine (US. eggplant)
bread - pan
ball - bola bien hecho (carne) - well done
breakfast - desayuno
banana - platano blando (huevos) - soft-boiled
banana - plátano breast - pechuga
breast of chicken - pechuga bocadillo - sandwich
barley - cebada
bring to the boil - llevar a ebullición bola - ball
basil - albahaca boquerón - fresh anchovy
broccoli - brecól
basin - cuenco Borgoña - Burgundy
brown sugar - azúcar moreno
basket - cesta
Brussels sprouts - coles de Bruselas botella - bottle
batter - batido para rebozar
Burgundy - Borgoña brecól - broccoli
bay leaf - hoja de laurel
butter beans - habas broqueta - skewer
beans - judías
butter - mantequilla
beaten - batido
button mushroom - champiñon
beef - carne de vaca
pequeño
beefburger (de carne de vaca) -
hamburguesa Spanish to English
beer (lager) - cerveza bacalao - cod
beetroot - remolacha balanza - scales
bilberries- aránd nos balde, cubo (para vino) - wine bucket
biscuit - galleta bandeja - tray
bandeja de quesos - cheese board

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C
chop - chuleta cream (from milk) - nata
chop finely - picar (carne) cream (general) - crema (not from
chopped - picado, cortado milk)
cider - sidra cream (verb) - batir
cider - cidra crême caramel - flan (de huevo)
clarified butter - mantequilla fundida cucumber- pepino
English to Spanish clean - limpiar curdle - cuajarse
cabbage - col (f.) currant - pasa de Corinto
clingfilm, clingwrap - plástico para
cake - pastel envolver currant - pasa de Corinto
cake, gateau (exótica) - torta, tarta clove of garlic - diente de ajo Spanish to English
calamar - calamar cocktail shaker - coctelera caballa - mackerel
calculate - calcular cocktail - cóctel
cacahuete - peanut
camomile tea - manzanilla cocoa - cacao
cacao - cocoa
carafe - garrafa coconut - coco
cacito - small saucepan
carrot - zanahoria cod - bacalao scales - balanza café - coffee
castor sugar - azúcar extrafino coffee - café café instantanea - instant coffee
cauliflower - coliflor cold meat - fiambres calabacín - courgette
caviar - caviar condimentos, spices - especias, calabaza - pumpkin
celery - apio container - recipiente calamar - calamar
cereal - cereales cook (to) - cocer calamares - squid
champagne - champán cooking (the) - la cocción calcular - calculate
cheese board - bandeja de quesos cool (verb) - enfriar (comida) camarón - shrimp
cheese cake - pastel de queso cool place - sitio frío cangrejo - crab
cheese - queso corkscrew - sacacorchos cangrejo - crab
cheeseburger - hamburguesa con corn starch – maicena cantidad - quantity, amount
queso corriander - cilantro capa - layer
cherry - cereza corrugated - acanalado carne - meat
chestnut - castaña courgette - calabacín carne de vaca - beef
chick peas - garbanzos course, dish - plato (de una comida) carne picada - mince
chicken breast - pechuga de pollo cover - tapar cascar - shell (eggs)
chicken - pollo cover/line the mould - forrar el molde castaña - chestnut
chill - enfriar (vino) crab - cangrejo caviar - caviar
chocolate milkshake - batido de crab - cangrejo cazo - saucepan
chocolate cut, chop (con hacha) - cortar cazuela - saucepan

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C
cocer al vapor - steam (verb) cuajarse - curdle
cóctel - cocktail cuarto – quarter
cocina (cuarto) - kitchen cuchara grande (para servir) -
coco - coconut tablespoon
coctelera - cocktail shaker cuchara grande (para servir) - tbsp
(tablespoon)
Spanish to English col (f.) - cabbage
cuchara - spoon
cebada - barley cola de pescado - fish glue, isinglass
cuchara de madera - wooden spoon
cebolla - onion cola de pescado - isinglass
cuchara de postre - dessert spoon
cebollinos - chives colador - strainer
cucharada - tablespoonful
cena - dinner colar, escurrir – strain
cucharadita - teaspoonful
cerdo - pork coles de Bruselas - Brussels sprouts
cucharita - tsp (teaspoon)
cereales - cereal coliflor - cauliflower cucharón - ladle
cereza - cherry comida (alimento) - food cuchillo - knife
cerveza - beer (lager) comida (plato) - meal cuenco - basin
cerveza de barril - draught beer con cuidado - gently cuenco - pudding basin
cerveza rubia - lager con...encima - topped with cuerpo - body
cesta - basket condimento - seasoning cúrcuma - turmeric
champán - champagne conejo - rabbit
champiñon pequeño - button congelado - frozen
mushroom congelar - freeze
champiñon - mushroom conservar - keep (verb)
chirivía, pastinaca - parsnip coñac - brandy
chocolate - drinking chocolate cordero - lamb
chuleta - chop cordero - mutton lamb
cidra - cider correr (agua) - run
cilantro - corriander cortado (en loncha) - sliced (verbo)
ciruela - plum cortar en cuartos - quarter (verbo)
ciruela pasa - prune cortar - cut, chop (con hacha)
clara - shandy cortar en dos - halve
clara (huevo) - egg white corteza variada de fruta - mixed peel
corteza de limón - lemon rind/peel
cocción - cooking (the)
corvina - sea bass, croaker
cocer - to cook
crema - cream (general )
cocer a fuego lento - simmer

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English to Spanish
date - dátil
decorate - decorar
defreeze - descongelar
defrozen - descongelado
dessert (US sweet) - postre
dessert spoon - cuchara de postre
dill - eneldo
dinner - cena
dissolve, to thin - desleír
dorado - dorado (pescado)
double cream - nata enriquecida
dough - masa (pastelería etc.)
English to Spanish
egg white - clara (huevo)
egg yolk - yema
egg - huevo
eggplant - berenjena
endive - escarola
evaporated – evaporado
Spanish to English
empanada - pie
en pedacitos – flaked
eneldo – dill
enfriar (comida) - cool (verb)
enfriar (vino) - chill
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D
demasiado hecho - overdone
Spanish to English
derritida - melted
drain - escurrir
draught beer - cerveza de barril derritir - melt
dressing - aliño desayuno - breakfast
drink - bebida descongelado - defrozen
drinking chocolate - chocolate descongelar - defreeze
drinking water - agua potable desleír - dissolve, to thin
desmenuzar, hacer tiras - shred
drumstick - musIo
(verb)
dry sherry - fino (vino) desmoldar - take out of the mould
dry - seco (vino etc.) desperdiciar - waste
duck - pato desprender - give off (juices etc)
dátil - date destapar - uncover
de una en una - one by one Diccionario de recetas españ/ingl
decorar - decorate diente de ajo - clove of garlic
dejar - leave dorado (pescado) - dorado
dejar enfriar - leave to cool dulce (sabor) - sweet
E
engrasar - grease espeso - thick
espinacas - spinach
ensalada - salad
ensalada individual - side salad espolvorear - sprinkle
entretanto - meanwhile espumoso - frothy, bubbly
espumoso (vino) - sparkling
escalope – escalope
estirar con el rodillo - roll out with
escarola - endive
the rolling pin
escurridor - rack
estofado - stew
escurrir - drain
espárragos - asparagus
estofado - ragout
estropear - ruin
espátula - spatula
evaporado - evaporated
especias variadas - mixed spice
exprimido (fruta) - squeezed
especias, - condimentos, spices
extender - spread (out)
espesar - to thicken
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F
food - comida (alimento)
Spanish to English
fork - tenedor
faisán - pheasant
freeze - congelar
fiambres - cold meat
freezer - nevera
filete - steak
English to Spanish fresh - fresco
filete - fillet
fat - manteca (de cerdo) fresh anchovy - boquerón
fino (vino) - dry sherry
fig - higo fridge - frigorífico
fino (no grueso) - thin, fine
fillet - filete froth the egg white - montar las claras
filling, stuffing (meat)- relleno (sub.) frothy, bubbly - espumoso flan (de huevo) - crême caramel
film (surface) - película frozen - congelado formar una bola - make a ball
finely chopped - picado en en fruit - fruta forrar el molde - line a tin
trozos finos forrar el molde - cover/line the
fruity - afrutado (vino)
fingertips - puntas de los dedos mould
fry - freír frambuesa - raspberry
fire - fuego
fry lightly - sofreír fregar con fuerza - scrub
fish glue, isinglass - cola de pescado
frying-pan - sartén freír - fry
fish - pescado
ful-bodied - generoso (vino) fresa - strawberry
flaked - en pedacitos
flour - harina full - generoso (vino) fresco - fresh
foil- papel aluminio fungi - setas frigorífico - fridge
fold - plegar fruta - fruit
fuego - fire

G
give off (juices etc) - desprender grated - rallado
glass - vaso grease - engrasar
glazing sugar - azúcar glacé grease - grasa
goose - ganso green pepper (veg) - pimiento verde
grains - granos grenadine - granadina
English to Spanish gramme - gramo grill, grilled (a la p...) - plancha
garlic - ajo grape - uva grilled - a la parrilla
gently - con cuidado grapefruit juice - zumo de pomelo grind (verbo) - moler
gin - ginebra grapefruit - pomelo grooved, corrugated - acanalado
gin and tonic - gin-tonic grate (verb) - rallar ground - molido

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ganso - goose grasa - grease
garbanzos - chick peas greaseproof paper - papel vegetal
garrafa - carafe grosellas negras - blackcurrants
gaseosa - lemonade grueso - thick
generoso (vino) - full-bodied guardar - keep
Spanish to English ginebra - gin guardar - store (verb)
galleta - biscuit gin-tonic - gin and tonic guarnición - trimmings
gamba - prawn girasol - sunflower guisantes - peas
gambas - scampi, prawn gramo - gramme guiso - stew
gambas con gabardina - scampi granadina - grenadine gustar (sabor) - taste
granos - grains

H
herbs - hierbas hervido - boiled
herring - arenque hervir - boil
honey melon - melón hielo - ice
hierbas - herbs
English to Spanish Spanish to English higado - liver
haddock - abadejo habas - butter beans
higo - fig
hake - merluza hacer - make
hoja de laurel - bay leaf
half - mitad (f.) hamburguesa - (de carne de vaca) hornear (pateles) - bake
halve - cortar en dos beefburger
horno - oven
ham - jamón hamburguesa - hamburger huesos - bones
hamburger - hamburguesa hamburguesa con queso -
huevo - egg
hard - duro cheeseburger
huevo al plato - sunny side up (US)
hard-boiled egg - huevo duro harina con levadura - self raising flour
huevo duro, pasado al agua - hard-
harina - flour
hazelnut - avellana boiled
hasta conseguir - until you get/achieve
herbal tea- infusión de hierbas humedecer - moisten
helado - ice-cream

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I
English to Spanish Spanish to English
ice - hielo infusión de hierbas - herbal tea
ice-cream - helado ingredientes - ingredients
ingredients - ingredientes
instant coffee - café instantanea

J
English to Spanish Spanish to English
jacket potato - patata al horno (sin jamón - ham
pelar) jarra - jug
jam, marmalade (naranja) - mermalada jerez - sherry
jug - jarra jerez - sherry
juice - zumo judías - beans
juice - jugo judías verdes - runner beans
juicy - jugoso jugo - juice
julienne - juliana jugoso - juicy
juliana - julienne

K
English to Spanish Spanish to English
keep (verb) - conservar kilo - kilo
keep - guardar kiwi - kiwi fruit
kidney - riñon
kidneys - riñones
kilo - kilo
kitchen - cocina (cuarto)
kiwi fruit - kiwi
knead - amasar (pan etc)
knife - cuchillo

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L
lentils - lentejas leche desnatada - skimmed milk
lettuce - lechuga lechuga - lettuce
level - raso lenguado - sole
light - ligero lentejas - lentils
lightly - ligeramente libra - pound
English to Spanish lime - lima licor - liqueur
ladle - cucharón line a tin - forrar el molde licor - spirit
lager - cerveza rubia liqueur - licor licores - spirits
lamb - cordero litre - litro ligeramente - lightly
lard - lardo liver - higado ligero - light
layer - capa lobster - langosta lima - lime
leave - dejar long grain rice - arroz de grano largo limón - lemon
leave to cool - dejar enfriar lunch - almuerzo limpiar - clean
leek - puerro
leg - pata
Spanish to English liso - smooth
langosta - lobster litro - litre
lemon - limón llevar a ebullición - bring to the boil
lardo – lard
lemon rind/peel - corteza de limón loncha - slice
leche - milk
lemonade - gaseosa

English to Spanish
mackerel - caballa
make a ball - formar una bola
make - hacer
make holes in the bottom - pinchar
el fondo
mandarine - mandarina
meal - comida (plato)
M
meanwhile - entretanto mince - carne picada
measure - medida mineral water - agua mineral
measure - medir mix, blend (emulsionar) - mezclar
meat - carne mixed peel - corteza variada de fruta
medium rare - a punto (carne) mixed spice - especias variadas
mixture - mezcla (noun)
medium low heat - medio bajo
medlar - níspero ml (millilitre) - mililitro
moisten - humedecer
melon - melón
mould (Am. mold) - molde
melt - derritir
mushroom - champiñon
melted - derritida
mussels - mejillones
menu - menú
meringue - merengue mustard - mostaza
milk – leche mutton lamb - cordero
milkshake - batido

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maicena - cornflour (US. corn
starch)
mandarina - mandarine
manteca (de cerdo) - fat
mantequilla - butter
mantequilla fundida - clarified
butter
manzana - apple
manzanilla - camomile tea
English to Spanish
nectarine - nectarina
non-alcoholic- sin alcohol
(walnut) - nuez
nutmeg - nuez moscada
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mariscos - seafood (shellfish) mermalada - jam, marmalade
mariscos - shellfish (naranja)
masa (pastelería etc.) - dough mezcla (noun) - mixture
medida - measure mezclar - mix, blend (emulsionar)
medio bajo - medium low heat mililitro - ml (millilitre)
medir - measure mitad (f.) - half
mejillones - mussels mojado - wet
mojar - wet
melocotón - peach
molde - mould (Am. mold)
melón - melon
moler - grind (verbo)
melón - honey melon
molido - ground
membrillo - quince
montar las claras - froth the egg
menú - menu
white
merengue - meringue mostaza - mustard
merluza - hake
mover, remover - stir
musIo - drumstick
N
níspero - medlar
Spanish to English
no espumoso (vino, agua) - still
nabo - turnip
nuez - nut (walnut)
naranja - orange
nuez moscada - nutmeg
nata enriquecida - double cream
nata montada - whipped cream
nata - cream (from milk)
nectarina - nectarine
nevar - to froth (egg white)
nevera - freezer
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O
on a low heat - a fuego lento
one by one - de una en una
Spanish to English
onza - ounce
onion - cebolla
onza - oz (ounce)
orange - naranja
oporto - port
orange juice - zumo de naranja
ostra - oyster
English to Spanish ounce - onza
octopus - pulpo oven - horno
oil - aceite overdone - demasiado hecho
olive oil - aceite de oliva oyster - ostra
olive - aceituna ounce - onza

P
peel - pelar pork - cerdo
pepper (seasoning) - pimienta (sazón) port - oporto
pepper (vegetable) - pimiento potato - patata
per - por (ej. uno por persona) poultry - aves
English to Spanish pheasant - faisán pound - libra
paella - paella pie - empanada pour - verter
parboil - sancochar pie - pastel (fruit) pour - verter
parsley - perejil piece - trozo prawn - gamba
parsnip - chirivía, pastinaca pineapple - piña prefer - preferir
parsnip - pastinaca pint - pinta (medida) preheat - precalentar
pastries - pastelería pistachio - pistacho prepare - preparar
pate - paté place (verb) - poner, colocar prepared, listo - preparado
peach - melocotón plaice - acedía prune - ciruela pasa
peanut - cacahuete plate - plato pudding basin - cuenco
pear - pera plum - ciruela pumpkin - calabaza
pear- pera poach (huevos, pescado) - pasar por purée - puré
peas - guisantes agua put aside- reservar

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paella - paella
pan - bread
pan rallado - bread crumbs
panecillo, bollo - roll
papel aluminio - foil
para 10 personas - serves 10
persons
pasa - raisin
pasa de Corinto - currant
pasa de Esmirna - sultana
pasa uva - raisin
pasa de Corinto - currant
pasado (comida) - stale (pan), bad
(carne etc)
pasar por agua - poach (huevos,
pescado)
pastel - cake
pastel (fruit) - pie
pastel de queso - cheese cake
pastelería - pastries
pastinaca - parsnip
pata - leg
patata - potato
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patata al horno (sin pelar) - jacket pinta (medida) - pint
potato patatas fritas - chips (US french piña - pineapple
fries) pistacho - pistachio
paté - pate plancha - grill, grilled (a la p...)
pato - duck plástico para envolver - clingfilm,
pavo - turkey clingwrap
platano - banana
pechuga - breast
plátano - banana
pechuga de pollo - chicken breast
plato - plate
pechuga - breast of chicken pedacitos -
small pieces plato (de una comida) - course, dish
pegar, adherir - stick plegar - fold
pelar - peel poco hecho (no suficiente) -
película - film (surface) underdone
pepino - cucumber poco hecho (filete) - rare
pera - pear pollo - chicken
pera - pear pomelo - grapefruit
perejil - parsley poner, colocar - place (verb)
pescado - fish por (ej. uno por persona) - per
pez espada - swordfish postre - dessert (US sweet)
picado en en trozos finos - finely precalentar - preheat
chopped preferir - prefer
picado, cortado - chopped preparado - prepared, listo
picante - spicy preparar - prepare
picar (carne) - chop finely primer plato - starter, (US appetizer)
pimienta (sazón) - pepper (seasoning) puchero (recipiente) - stockpot
pimiento - pepper (vegetable) puerro - leek
pimiento rojo - red pepper (veg) pulpo - octopus
pimiento verde - green pepper (veg) puntas de los dedos - fingertips
pinchar el fondo - make holes in the puré - purée
bottom
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Q
English to Spanish Spanish to English
quantity, amount - cantidad queso - cheese
quarter (verbo) - cortar en cuartos
quarter - cuarto
quince - membrillo
quite - bastante

R
roast - asado rebanada - slice
roast - asar receta - recipe
roll - panecillo, bollo recipiente - container
roll out with the rolling pin - estirar con refresco - soft drink
el rodillo rellenar - stuff, fill
English to Spanish rolling pin - rodillo relleno (sub.) - filling, stuffing (meat)
rabbit - conejo rosé wine - vino rosado relleno (adj.) - stuffed
rack - escurridor rose (wine) - rosado remojar - soak
radishe - rábano rosemary- romero remolacha - beetroot
ragout - estofado ruin - estropear reposar - stand (verb)
raisin - pasa rum - ron reservar - put aside
raisin - pasa uva rump steak- solomillo retirar del fuego - take off the heat
rare - poco hecho (filete) run - correr (agua) riñon - kidney
raspberry - frambuesa runner beans - judías verdes riñones - kidneys
rodaballo - turbot
recipe - receta
Spanish to English rodillo - rolling pin
red mullet - salmonete rábano - radishe romero - rosemary
red wine - vino tinto rallado - grated ron - rum
red pepper (veg) - pimiento rojo rallar - grate (verb) rosado - rose (wine)
rice - arroz raso - level

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shake- sacudir spoon - cuchara
shandy - clara spread (out) - extender
shell (eggs) - cascar sprinkle - espolvorear
shellfish - mariscos sprinkle - salpicar
sherry - jerez squash (fruit juice) - zumo
short gra n rice - arroz de grano corto squeezed - exprimido (fruta)
English to Spanish shred (verb) - desmenuzar, hacer tiras squid - calamares
saffron - azafrán shrimp - camarón stale (pan), bad (carne etc) - pasado
sage - salvia
side salad - ensalada individual (comida)
salad - ensalada
sieve - tamiz (m.) stand (verb) - reposar
salami - salchichón starter, (US appetizer) - primer plato
sieve - tamizar
salmon - salmón
simmer - cocer a fuego lento steak - filete
salt - sal (f.) sirloin steak - solomillo steam (verb) - cocer al vapor
sandwich - bocadillo skewer - broqueta stew - estofado
sardine - sardina skimmed milk - leche desnatada stew - guiso
sauce - salsa slice - loncha stick - pegar, adherir
saucepan - cazo slice - rebanada still - no espumoso (vino, agua)
saucepan - cazuela sliced (verbo) - cortado (en loncha) still mineral water - agua sin gas
sausage - salchicha small pieces - pedacitos stir - mover, remover
sauté - saltear small saucepan - cacito stockpot - puchero (recipiente)
scallop - vieira smoked - ahumado store (verb) - guardar
scampi - gambas con gabardina smooth - liso strain - colar, escurrir
scampi, prawn - gambas soak - remojar strainer - colador
scrub - fregar con fuerza soda - soda strawberry - fresa
sea bass, croaker - corvina soft drink- refresco strips- tiras
sea trout - trucha del mar soft-boiled - blando (huevos) stuff, fill- rellenar
seafood (shellfish) - mariscos soften - ablandar stuffed- relleno (adj.)
season (to) - saplpimentar sole - lenguado suet - sebo
seasoning - condimento sour, bitter - agrio sugar - azúcar
seeds - semillas sparkling - espumoso (vino) sultana - pasa de Esmirna
self raising flour - harina con sparkling mineral water - agua con gas sunflower - girasol
levadura
spatula - espátula sunny side up (US) - huevo al plato
serve - servir
spicy - picante sweet - dulce (sabor)
serves 10 persons - para 10
spinach – espinacas swordfish - pez espada
personas
spirit - licor syrup - almíbar
servillete, napkin - servilleta
spirits - licores

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salmón - salmon seco (vino etc.) - dry
salmonete - red mullet semillas - seeds
salpicar - sprinkle servilleta - servillete, napkin
salpimentar - to season servir - serve
salsa - sauce setas - fungi
Spanish to English
saltear - sauté sidra - cider
sabroso - tasty
salvia - sage sin alcohol - non-alcoholic
sacacorchos - corkscrew
sancochar - parboil sitio frío - cool place
sacar - take out
sandía - watermelon soda - soda
sacudir - shake
sandía - water melon sofreír - lightly fry
sal (f.) - salt
sardina - sardine solomillo - sirloin steak
salchicha - sausage
sartén - frying-pan solomillo - rump steak
salchichón - salami
sebo - suet surtido (sub.) - assortment, variety
surtido (adj.) - assorted

T
tea - té tomato - tomate
teaspoonful - cucharadita tomato juice - zumo de tomate
temperature - temperatura tonic - tónica
tender- tierno tonic water - tónica
English to Spanish thick - espeso tonic - gin
tablespoon - cuchara grande (para thick - grueso topped with - con...encima
servir) thicken (to) - espesar tray - bandeja
tablespoonful - cucharada thin, fine - fino (no grueso) tremble - temblar
take off the heat - retirar del fuego throw away - tirar (a la basura) trimmings - guarnición
take out - sacar thyme - tomillo trout - trucha
take out of the mould - desmoldar time to settle - tiempo de reposo trout - trucha
taste - gustar (sabor) to froth (egg white) - nevar tsp (teaspoon) - cucharita
tasty - sabroso to hollow - abombar tuna - atún
tbsp (tablespoon) - cuchara grande to thicken - adquirir cuerpo
turbot - rodaballo
(para servir) toast - tostada (pan)
turkey - pavo
toast - tostar
turmeric - cúrcuma
toasted - tostado
turnip - nabo

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temblar - tremble torta de chocolate - chocolate
temperatura - temperature gateau
templado - warm torta, tarta - cake, gateau (exótica)
tenedor - fork tostada (pan) - toast
ternera - veal tostado - toasted
Spanish to English tiempo de reposo - time to settle tostar - toast
tamiz (m.) - sieve tierno - tender
trabajar la harina - work (rub) the
tamizar - sieve tirar (a la basura) - throw away flour
tapar - cover tiras - strips trigo - wheat
tartera, molde para hornear - tomate - tomato trozo - piece
baking tray tomillo - thyme trucha - trout
tazón, cuenco, bol - bowl tónica - tonic water trucha del mar - sea trout
té - tea tónica - tonic trucha - trout

U
English to Spanish Spanish to English
uncover - destapar uva - grape
underdone - poco hecho (no suficiente)
until it froths - a punto de nieve

V
vermouth - vermut verduras - vegetables
vinegar - vinagre vermut - vermouth
vinegary - avinagrado verter - pour
vodka - vodka vieira - scallop
vinagre - vinegar
English to Spanish Spanish to English vino - wine
vanilla - vainilla vainilla - vanilla vino blanco - white wine
variety - variedad variedad - variety vino de bordeos - Bordeaux wine
veal - ternera vaso - glass vino rosado - rosé wine
vegetables - verduras vegetariano /a estricto /a - vegan vino tinto - red wine
vegetarian - vegetariano /a vegetariano /a - vegetarian vodka - vodka

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well done - bien hecho (carne) wine bucket - balde, cubo (para
wet - mojado vino)
wet - mojar wooden spoon - cuchara de madera
wheat - trigo work (rub) the flour - trabajar la
whipped cream - nata montada harina
English to Spanish
warm - templado
whisky - whisky Spanish to English
white wine - vino blanco whisky - whisky
waste - desperdiciar
wine - vino
water melon - sandía

XYZ
zumo - juice
Spanish to English
zumo - squash (fruit juice)
yema - egg yolk
zumo de naranja - orange juice
yogur - yogurt
zumo de pomelo - grapefruit juice
zanahoria - carrot
zumo de tomate - tomato juice
English to Spanish
yogurt – yogur

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