🍽️ Meals

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Meal vocabulary helps you talk about breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, restaurants, family meals, cooking, and everyday eating habits in Spanish conversations.

🟒 Basic Meals

β˜€οΈ Breakfast β€” Desayuno
deh-sah-yoo-noh
🍽️ Lunch β€” Almuerzo
ahl-mwehr-soh
πŸŒ™ Dinner β€” Cena
seh-nah
🍎 Snack β€” Merienda
meh-ree-ehn-dah
🍰 Dessert β€” Postre
pohs-treh
🍲 Soup β€” Sopa
soh-pah

🟑 Eating & Meal Vocabulary

🍴 To eat β€” Comer
koh-mehr
πŸ₯€ To drink β€” Beber
beh-behr
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ To cook β€” Cocinar
koh-see-nahr
🍽️ Meal β€” Comida
koh-mee-dah
πŸͺ‘ Table β€” Mesa
meh-sah
🍞 Appetizer β€” Aperitivo
ah-peh-ree-tee-boh

πŸ”΄ Advanced Meal Notes

🍽️ Meal vocabulary is essential for restaurants, family gatherings, and daily conversations.
β˜€οΈ Meal times in Spanish-speaking countries can differ from English-speaking cultures.
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦ Family meals are an important part of many Spanish-speaking cultures.
🍲 Meal vocabulary is commonly used together with food, drink, and cooking words.

πŸ’¬ Common Meal Phrases

β˜€οΈ El desayuno estΓ‘ listo.
Breakfast is ready.
🍽️ Comemos juntos.
We eat together.
πŸŒ™ La cena es deliciosa.
Dinner is delicious.
🍰 Quiero un postre.
I want a dessert.

πŸ“ Example Sentences

🍲 La sopa estÑ caliente.
The soup is hot.
πŸ₯€ Bebo agua con la comida.
I drink water with the meal.
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ Mi madre cocina muy bien.
My mother cooks very well.
🍎 Necesito una merienda.
I need a snack.

🧠 Quick Practice

1️⃣ Translate into Spanish:

πŸŒ™ Dinner β†’ __________
2️⃣ Fill in the blank:

🍽️ Comemos ________.
3️⃣ Match the meal word:

β˜€οΈ Desayuno β†’ ?
🍰 Postre β†’ ?
🍎 Merienda β†’ ?
βœ… Answers

1️⃣ Cena
2️⃣ juntos
3️⃣ Breakfast / Dessert / Snack