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Spanish Food Glossary - Spanish / English
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- aceite de oliva - olive oil
- aceite girasol - sunflower oil
- aguacate - avocado
- ahumados - smoked foods
- ajo - garlic
- albaricoques - apricots
- albondigas - meat balls
- alcachofas - artichokes
- alcaparras - capers
- almejas - clams
- almendras - almonds
- alubias - beans
- anchoas - anchovies
- angulas - baby eels
- arroz - rice
- con leche - rice pudding
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- bacalao - cod
- barquillos - biscuit rolls
- batidos - milk shakes
- berenjenas - aubergines / eggplant
- berza - cabbage
- besugo - sea bream
- bistec de ternera - veal steak
- brazo de gitano - Swiss roll
- brevas - figs
- butifarra - Catalan sausage
- buñuelos - light fried pastries
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- caballa - Mackrel
- Cafe americano - weak white coffee
- café con leche - white coffee
- café cortado - white coffee in small cup with very little milk
- café sólo - black coffee
- calabacines - courgettes/marrow
- calamares - squid rings
- caldereta gallega - vegetable stew
- caldo - soup
- callos a la madrileña - tripe Mdrid style
- Camarones - baby prawns
- cangrejo - crab
- caracoles - snails
- caramelos - sweets
- carnes - meats
- castañas - chestnuts
- cebolla - onion
- cebolletas - spring onions
- centollo - spider crab
- cerezas - cherries
- cerveza - beer
- champiñónes - mushrooms
- chanquetes - fish (similar to whitebait)
- chirimoyas - custard apples
- chocos - squid
- chorizo - cold spicy
- chuleta de cerdo - Pork chop
- cordero - lamb chops
- churros - fried pastry cut into lengths
- cigalas - crayfish
- ciruelas - plums
- cochinillo asado - roast suckling pig
- cocido Madrileño - stew with meat Spanish sausage chickpeas
- codornice - quail
- coles de Bruselas - Brussels sprouts
- coliflor - cauliflower
- conejo - rabbit
- consomé al jerez - consommé with sherry
- crema catalana - crème brulée
- cremada - sweet made with egg sugar and milk
D
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