☀️ Breakfast
In this section you will learn useful Spanish vocabulary for breakfast foods, drinks, and common morning meals.
🟢 Basic Breakfast Foods
🥚 Eggs → Huevos
🍞 Bread → Pan
🍞 Toast → Pan tostado / Tostada
🥓 Bacon → Tocino
🥞 Pancakes → Panqueques
🥣 Cereal → Cereal
🧈 Butter → Mantequilla
🍓 Jam → Mermelada
🟡 Breakfast Drinks
☕ Coffee → Café
🥛 Milk → Leche
🧃 Orange juice → Jugo de naranja / Zumo de naranja
🍵 Tea → Té
☕ Coffee with milk → Café con leche
☕ Hot chocolate → Chocolate caliente
🍌 More Breakfast Foods
🍌 Banana → Banana / Plátano
🍓 Fruit → Fruta
🧀 Cheese → Queso
🥛 Yogurt → Yogur
🥣 Oatmeal → Avena
🥐 Pastry → Pastel / Bollería
💬 Common Breakfast Phrases
☕ Tomo café todas las mañanas.
I drink coffee every morning.
I drink coffee every morning.
🥚 Quiero dos huevos para el desayuno.
I want two eggs for breakfast.
I want two eggs for breakfast.
🍞 Quiero una tostada con mantequilla.
I want toast with butter.
I want toast with butter.
🧃 ¿Hay jugo de naranja?
Is there any orange juice?
Is there any orange juice?
🍽️ Ordering Breakfast
☕ Quisiera un café con leche, por favor.
I would like a coffee with milk, please.
I would like a coffee with milk, please.
🥚 Quiero huevos con pan tostado.
I want eggs with toast.
I want eggs with toast.
🧃 Para mí, un jugo de naranja.
For me, an orange juice.
For me, an orange juice.
🥣 ¿Tienen avena para el desayuno?
Do you have oatmeal for breakfast?
Do you have oatmeal for breakfast?
🌎 Regional Vocabulary Tip
The word for orange juice varies by region. Jugo de naranja is common in much of Latin America, while zumo de naranja is commonly used in Spain.
The word for banana also varies. You may hear banana, plátano, and other regional terms depending on the country.
Breakfast foods vary widely across the Spanish-speaking world, so what people eat for el desayuno depends greatly on the country and region.
💬 Everyday Conversations
At breakfast:
A: ¿Qué quieres para el desayuno?
B: Quiero huevos y pan tostado.
A: What do you want for breakfast?
B: I want eggs and toast.
A: ¿Qué quieres para el desayuno?
B: Quiero huevos y pan tostado.
A: What do you want for breakfast?
B: I want eggs and toast.
At a café:
A: ¿Qué va a tomar?
B: Un café con leche y un jugo de naranja, por favor.
A: What would you like to drink?
B: A coffee with milk and an orange juice, please.
A: ¿Qué va a tomar?
B: Un café con leche y un jugo de naranja, por favor.
A: What would you like to drink?
B: A coffee with milk and an orange juice, please.
📝 Example Sentences
🥞 Los panqueques con miel son deliciosos.
Pancakes with honey are delicious.
Pancakes with honey are delicious.
🥣 Como cereal con leche por la mañana.
I eat cereal with milk in the morning.
I eat cereal with milk in the morning.
🍓 La mermelada de fresa es mi favorita.
Strawberry jam is my favorite.
Strawberry jam is my favorite.
🍌 Como fruta y yogur para el desayuno.
I eat fruit and yogurt for breakfast.
I eat fruit and yogurt for breakfast.
☕ Siempre tomo café con leche por la mañana.
I always drink coffee with milk in the morning.
I always drink coffee with milk in the morning.
🥣 La avena es una opción popular para el desayuno.
Oatmeal is a popular breakfast option.
Oatmeal is a popular breakfast option.
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- Quiero una tostada con mantequilla.
- Tomo café todas las mañanas.
- ¿Hay jugo de naranja?
- Quiero huevos para el desayuno.
- Como fruta y yogur por la mañana.
- Quisiera un café con leche, por favor.