Which one is correct? comidas basuras, comida basuras, comidas basura

Question

Comnia >> Comnidas

but,

comida basura >> what?

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Answer 1

Comida chatarra...

;^)

La comida basura1 o comida chatarra2 (esta última denominación, empleada en Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, México, Perú, Argentina, Venezuela y Uruguay - bosquederoble, Feb 9, 2016

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comida_basura - bosquederoble, Feb 9, 2016

Osea que en España dicen "basura"? Oh? Y donde quedó eso de ser no ser literal? lol - chileno, Feb 10, 2016

Answer 2

I have only ever used and been aware that you only use the singular form:

Comida basura = junk food

After all,even when speaking 'collectively' in English (that is, talking about all) of this kind of food together, you don't say junk foods or junks food. I believe this is a singular collective noun.

If you wanted to talk about lots of different examples of junk food, you could say:

Hamburgers, bread rolls and many of the meals served in McDonalds are all examples of junk food

I am open to correction in both languages,, as always

What do you say, Ian the mod, please?

Some food + some food = some food. Chees is a food and bread is a food, these are foods.. - 00551866, Feb 9, 2016

What are your 3 favorite junk foods. But I suppose it should be said what are 3 favorite types of junk food. - bosquederoble, Feb 9, 2016

could be said. - 00551866, Feb 9, 2016

correction two foods. 1 food + 1 food are two foods. - 00551866, Feb 9, 2016

Now that I have time, a note from an English book I have. "A few noncount nouns may also be used as count nouns especally in informational English". However, food was not listed with the "commonly used noncount nouns". - 00551866, Feb 9, 2016

http://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/where-did-your-favorite-fast-foods-come-slideshow/slide-1 - bosquederoble, Feb 10, 2016

Correct or not, people pluralize it. See the above link, I could fill pages with links of people using it that way. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 10, 2016

Answer 3

Because both are nouns, my understanding typically with this type of formulation, you pluralize only the first, so personally I would say “comidas basura”.

This is like horas punta as plural for hora punta:

Here is a quote (this is a small part of a larger lesson on forming difficult plurals):

http://elcastellano.elnortedecastilla.es/castellano/aula/el-plural-de-algunos-compuestos

Estos compuestos sintagmáticos o pluriverbales no tienen un comportamiento uniforme en la formación del plural. Los del tipo sustantivo más sustantivo forman el plural pluralizando el primer compuesto y manteniendo inmóvil el segundo: hay que decir "las horas punta" y no "las horas puntas", "varias ciudades dormitorio" y no "varias ciudades dormitorios", "los niños prodigio" y no "los niños prodigios", "las comidas basura" y no "las comidas basuras", "varios buques escuela" y no "varios buques escuelas", "unos globos sonda" y no "unos globos sondas".

That being said, not all agree:

For those who refuse to recognize that comida basura is used in places like Spain, what is the plural of comida chatarra. ;) - bosquederoble, Feb 10, 2016

http://www.upsocl.com/verde/10-comidas-chatarra-y-cuanto-ejercicio-necesitas-para-quemarlas-de-tu-organismo/ - bosquederoble, Feb 10, 2016

And for those who don't think it can be pluralized, whoever wrote the above article thinks so. ;) - bosquederoble, Feb 10, 2016

Answer 4

comida chatarra