food vocab

Question

how would you say canned tuna, and frozen peas'

Answer 1

In Argentina we use "arvejas" for peas. I had never seen the word "chícharos" before. A new one for me.

Andy said:

AiFoS said:

atún enlatadochícharos congelados

thanks!

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Answer 2

AiFoS said:

atún enlatado chícharos congelados

thanks!

Answer 3

Peas in Spain are guisantes.

Answer 4

... and "chícharos" is "beans" in Spain (only used in the south).

Answer 5

How do you say "green beans"? My picture dictionary says "judíos verdes," but I can't get past the feeling that that is a racial slur of some kind . . .

Answer 6

Natasha said:

How do you say "green beans"? My picture dictionary says "judíos verdes," but I can't get past the feeling that that is a racial slur of some kind . . .

"Judías verdes", but in Spain we also call them "guisantes". No racial meaning is implied, by the way.

Answer 7

In Argentina we say "chauchas".

Natasha said:

How do you say "green beans"? My picture dictionary says "judíos verdes," but I can't get past the feeling that that is a racial slur of some kind . . .

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Answer 8

lazarus1907 said:

Natasha said:

How do you say "green beans"? My picture dictionary says "judíos verdes," but I can't get past the feeling that that is a racial slur of some kind . . .

"Judías verdes", but in Spain we also call them "guisantes". No racial meaning is implied, by the way.

My mistake, I went and looked in the picture dictionary and it says judías verdes.

If you call both peas and green beans guisantes, how do you know which one you'll get? (I like peas better than green beans . . .)

Answer 9

I'm with Natasha. How can you use the same word (guisantes) for two such distinct foods? My kids happily eat green beans, but won't touch peas with a ten-foot pole.

As is obvious from this thread, any time a question is asked about food names, it is vital to mention where the translation will be used, since the names vary so much geographically.

Answer 10

Funnily enough, we had a discussion last night, where (after shopping) every type of bean my husband looked up in spanish in my (otherwise quite good) dictionary was simply translated as ''bean'', to his increasing irritation and my (well hidden) amusement... I'll be back with a list, on a new thread, and let's see if I got most of them in the end.....!