How do you say vegetables?

Question

I am curius how u say VEGETABLES because i have these dos amigas- 1 is mexican & the other is frum El Salvador...well the mexican said that in her family they say VERDURAS for vegetables while the one frum El Salvador said she says it as LEGUMBRES. n i need help for a spanish proyecto. so which one should i chose???

Welcome to the forum! :) - 0066c384, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 1

Verduras refers to vegetables in general, whereas legumbres (notice the similarity to the english word legumes) refers to a specific type of vegetable (pod vegetable).

I have to vote for someone named campbellsoup when they talk about vegetables. :) - 0066c384, Mar 30, 2011

Here, here. - 0074b507, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 2

I'am from mexico and we call the vegetables vegetales o verduras.

Gracias, Roseila. - Leatha, Mar 30, 2011