English Food Vocabulary and Culinary Terms Translated
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English and Spanish Food and Culinary Vocabulary
This comprehensive glossary provides English food terms alongside their Spanish translations and definitions to help you master culinary vocabulary.
Basic Food and Meal Types
- Food = Comida
- Light Meals = Comidas ligeras
- Main = Comida principal
- Side = Acompañante
- Starter = Entrante
- Sweet = Dulce / postre
- National dish = Comida tradicional / nacional
- Ready-cooked meals = Comida precocinada
- Staple diet = Comer mínimos (agua, carne, pescado, ensalada)
- Takeaway food = Comida para llevar
Cooking Methods and Preparation
- Baked = Al horno
- Boiled = Hervida
- Free-range = Camperos
- Fried = Frito
- Grilled = A la plancha
- Home-made = Hecho en casa
- Raw = Crudo
- Roasted = Rustir
- Seasonal = De la temporada
- Vegetarian = Vegetariano
- Savoury fillings = Relleno / sabroso
Food Textures and Flavors
- Fattening = Grasienta
- Fresh = Fresco
- Low-fat = Bajo en grasa
- Appetizing = Apetitoso
- Bland = Insípido / agua
- Delicious = Delicioso
- Edible = Comestible
- Hard = Duro de por sí / nueces
- Revolting = Asco / angustia
- Soft = Blando
- Spicy = Picante
- Tasteless = No sabe a nada
- Tasty = Sabroso
- Tender = Tierno
- Tough = Bistec duro ("se pasó")