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Vegetables
The names of vegetables in Spanish
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Language - Spanish
11th Grade
01/15/2014

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Term
Asparagus
Definition

El esparrago

los esparragos

Term
Avocado
Definition

El aguacate

 

(The way I remember- Avocados look like stones you would find under water.  Water = Agua = Aguacate.)

Term
Bean
Definition

La judia

la haba

la habichuela

el frijol

Term
Beet
Definition

La remolacha

 

(The way I remember it- If you start "beeting" someone up, you will be removed.  Removed = Remolacha.)

Term
Broccoli
Definition

El brecol

El broculi

Term
Brussel Sprouts
Definition
La col de bruselas
Term
Cabbage
Definition

La col

El Repollo

Term
Carrot
Definition
La zanahoria
Term
Cauliflower
Definition
La coliflor
Term
Celery
Definition

El apio

 

(This is really stupid, but the way I remember it is that "apio" sounds like "whack," and you can  whack someone with celery, so, yeah...)

Term
Corn
Definition
El maiz
Term
Cucumber
Definition

El pepino

El cohombro

 

(To all the Pewdiepie fans, I remember "el pepino" because of "pepe" and the fact that a cucumber is sorta kinda shaped like a pipe, so...)

Term
Eggplant
Definition

La berenjena

 

(The way I remember is that "berenjena" sounds like "Barney," and both eggplants and Barney are purple and green.) 

Term
Garlic
Definition

La ajo

 

(Garlics are rather small, and so are eyes.  Ojos = Ajos = Garlic.)

Term
Ginger
Definition
El jengibre
Term
Green Pepper (Bell Pepper)
Definition
El pimenton
Term
Lettuce
Definition
La lechuga
Term
Mushroom
Definition

El champinon

el hongo

 

(Mushrooms are like the champion fungus... I don't know, just go with it...

And some people hang mushrooms for some reason, so, "hongo...")

Term
Okra
Definition

El quingombo

 

(Louisiana is the "queen state" or something like that, and they also love their okra in Louisiana.)

Term
Onion
Definition

La cebella

 

(You should feed a horse an onion... Caballo = Cebella.)

Term
Parsley
Definition

El perejil

 

(Parsley growing on the hill.  PereJIL sounds like "hill.")

Term
Parsnip
Definition

La chirivia

La pastinaca

 

(Chirivia sounds like "shave," and when you shave, you get hairs "snipped."  I don't know how to remember pastinaca, though.)

Term
Pea
Definition

Los guisantes

las arvejas

los chicharos

 

(Peas give people gas, and chicks are small, like peas... yeah...)

Term
Potato
Definition

La patata

La papa

Term
Pumpkin
Definition

La calabaza

 

(You can catapault pumpkins.)

Term
Radish
Definition

El rabano

 

(Rabbid radish)

Term
Artichoke
Definition

La alcachofa

 

(When you choke, you cough)

Term
Spinach
Definition
Las espinacas
Term
Squash
Definition
La cucurbitacea
Term
String Beans
Definition

Las habas verdes

 

(Beans are green.)

Term
Sweet Potato
Definition
La batata
Term
Tomato
Definition
El tomate
Term
Turnip
Definition

El nabo

 

(Turniops look like knobs)

Term
Yam
Definition

El name

El camote

Term
Zucchini
Definition
El calabacin
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