Is "cucharadas" tablespoons or teaspoons?

Question

I am trying to translate a recipe from Spanish. Three times it mentions "2 cucharadas" and I cannot tell from the recipe whether that means teaspoons or tablespoons.

Answer 1

cucharada=tablespoon

cucharadita=teaspoon

Answer 2

"cucharada" - tablespoon...."cucharadita" - teaspoon. Buen provecho!

Answer 3

Cucharadas means spoonfuls, so in your case it would be '2 spoonfuls'. As to teaspoons or tablespoons I don't know.

• Cucharadita= teaspoonfuls. - Seb79 Nov 1, 2009
• Isn't the plural of teaspoonful - teaspoonsful, or is that being pedantic? - 00515f39 Nov 1, 2009
• ¡Más correcto! - 0074b507 Nov 1, 2009

Answer 4

I saw a food recipe in the Far East that asked for 2 "Cucharadas", then I realised it was a typing error. They fry them there and they are delicious.

• Are you referrring to cucarachas? (cockroaches) - 0074b507 Nov 1, 2009
• I've heard that they have a lot of protien. I'm less sure about the "delicious". - samdie Nov 1, 2009