What is the "collard greens" (vegetable) equivalent in Spanish?
What is ''collard greens'' in Spanish? Thanks.
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In Castillian Spanish or Español, Collards are known by several names. The two which I have heard more often in my travels have been Acelgas or Berza. The name "Acelgas" is more commonly used in Spain. "Berza" is an older term for the same Collards and is more frequently heard in Latin America.
Berzas o col. El siguiente link enumera las equivalencias de nombres de ingredientes de cocina entre España y América Latina. link text
Based on the five answers given before this one, I wonder whether one can say "collard greens" in Spanish. At least where I live in Mexico (that's my standard disclaimer), col, col rizada, acelga, and berza are all definitively not collard greens.
If I were looking for collard greens in Mexico, I would say, "Estoy buscando una verdura que en los estados unidos se llaman collard greens." I dare say I would encounter no one who had any idea what I was talking about. It might be different in Brazil or other places where the stuff is less exotic.
I think it is Col rizada based off spanish dict translation.
As a Chilean, I know those as acelgas.
Verduras.
