🍰 Desserts
In this section you will learn useful Spanish vocabulary for desserts, sweets, and treats, along with common phrases for ordering and talking about your favorite desserts.
🟢 Basic Desserts
🍰 Cake → Pastel / Tarta / Torta
🍦 Ice cream → Helado
🍪 Cookie → Galleta
🍫 Chocolate → Chocolate
🧁 Cupcake → Magdalena / Cupcake
🍮 Flan → Flan
🟡 Sweets & Treats
🍩 Donut → Dona / Dónut
🍬 Candy → Dulce / Caramelo
🥧 Pie → Tarta / Pastel
🍮 Pudding → Pudín
🍨 Ice cream sundae → Copa de helado
🍓 Strawberries with cream → Fresas con crema
🍓 Dessert Flavors & Descriptions
🍫 Chocolate → Chocolate
🍦 Vanilla → Vainilla
🍓 Strawberry → Fresa
🍋 Lemon → Limón
🍬 Sweet → Dulce
😋 Delicious → Delicioso / Deliciosa
💬 Common Dessert Phrases
🍦 Quiero un helado de vainilla.
I want a vanilla ice cream.
I want a vanilla ice cream.
🍰 ¿Qué hay de postre?
What's for dessert?
What's for dessert?
🍫 Me encanta el chocolate.
I love chocolate.
I love chocolate.
🍪 Me gustan las galletas con leche.
I like cookies with milk.
I like cookies with milk.
🍽️ Ordering Dessert
🍰 Quisiera ver el menú de postres, por favor.
I would like to see the dessert menu, please.
I would like to see the dessert menu, please.
🍮 Para mí, el flan, por favor.
I'll have the flan, please.
I'll have the flan, please.
🍦 ¿Qué sabores de helado tienen?
What flavors of ice cream do you have?
What flavors of ice cream do you have?
🍰 ¿Podemos compartir un postre?
Can we share a dessert?
Can we share a dessert?
🌎 Regional Vocabulary Tip
The words for cake and pie vary across the Spanish-speaking world. Depending on the country, you may hear pastel, tarta, or torta.
For donut, dona is common in many Latin American countries, while dónut is also widely understood and used.
The English word candy can be translated in different ways depending on the type of sweet and the region. Common words include dulce and caramelo.
💬 Everyday Conversations
Choosing dessert:
A: ¿Quieres postre?
B: Sí, quiero un helado de chocolate.
A: Do you want dessert?
B: Yes, I want chocolate ice cream.
A: ¿Quieres postre?
B: Sí, quiero un helado de chocolate.
A: Do you want dessert?
B: Yes, I want chocolate ice cream.
At a restaurant:
A: ¿Qué recomienda de postre?
B: El flan casero es muy popular.
A: What do you recommend for dessert?
B: The homemade flan is very popular.
A: ¿Qué recomienda de postre?
B: El flan casero es muy popular.
A: What do you recommend for dessert?
B: The homemade flan is very popular.
📝 Example Sentences
🍮 El flan casero es mi postre favorito.
Homemade flan is my favorite dessert.
Homemade flan is my favorite dessert.
🍰 El pastel de cumpleaños está delicioso.
The birthday cake is delicious.
The birthday cake is delicious.
🍓 Las fresas con crema son deliciosas.
Strawberries with cream are delicious.
Strawberries with cream are delicious.
🥧 La tarta de manzana huele deliciosa.
The apple pie smells delicious.
The apple pie smells delicious.
🍦 Mi sabor de helado favorito es la vainilla.
My favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.
My favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.
🍪 Compré unas galletas para compartir.
I bought some cookies to share.
I bought some cookies to share.
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- ¿Qué hay de postre?
- Quiero un helado de vainilla.
- Para mí, el flan, por favor.
- ¿Qué sabores de helado tienen?
- ¿Podemos compartir un postre?
- El pastel está delicioso.