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Food la comida<br />

cream<br />

la crema<br />

noun<br />

to cook<br />

cocinar<br />

verb<br />

Madame Curie likes to cook in the kitchen while<br />

teaching about maths and COSINES.<br />

the milkgirl (f)<br />

standing with a large<br />

CREAM can in the<br />

Spanish colors.<br />

Notes<br />

crema (adj.) = cream-coloured<br />

’la crema de la sociedad’ = the<br />

cream <strong>of</strong> society<br />

sweet<br />

dulce<br />

adjective<br />

a sweet girl (f) saying, “Sweet<br />

food will correct DULL SEnses.”<br />

Notes<br />

dulce de leche = caramel sauce (lit. sweetened milk).<br />

dulce (adv.) = gently, s<strong>of</strong>tly<br />

Notes<br />

el cocinero (m.) / la cocinera (f.) = cook.<br />

See also; la cocina (f.) = kitchen.<br />

breakfast<br />

el desayuno<br />

noun<br />

DES (m) at breakfast at<br />

the Ritz Hotel with a<br />

friend who says, “I<br />

knew you’d love it,<br />

DES AND YOU<br />

KNOW how important<br />

breakfast is.”<br />

Notes<br />

desayunarse (vr.) = to have<br />

breakfast.<br />

desayunar con algo (fig) = to get<br />

the first news about something.<br />

20<br />

fried<br />

frito<br />

adjective<br />

ice cream<br />

el helado<br />

noun<br />

<strong>200</strong> <strong>Words</strong> a <strong>Day</strong>!<br />

fried FRITO corn chips.<br />

Notes<br />

frita (f.adj.) fritos variados = mixed grill.<br />

freír (v.) = to fry.<br />

asking for an ice cream from the<br />

devil (m) from HELL and he<br />

answers, “Do I provide ice-cream?<br />

The HELL I DO!”<br />

Notes<br />

helado (adj.) = frozen.<br />

helar (v.) = to freeze.<br />

la heladería (f.) = ice cream stall/parlour.<br />

egg<br />

el huevo<br />

noun<br />

a male (m) egg, and<br />

his friends WAVE Over<br />

and over at you.<br />

Notes<br />

huevos fritos = fried eggs.<br />

huevos duros = hard-boiled eggs.<br />

huevos pasado por agua = s<strong>of</strong>t-boiled eggs.<br />

Also (fig); tener huevos (v.) = to have guts/balls.<br />

salad<br />

la ensalada<br />

noun<br />

ENya (f) eating a SALAD,<br />

DAngling a piece <strong>of</strong> lettuce<br />

in her fingers.<br />

Notes<br />

la ensalada mixta = mixed salad.<br />

la ensalada verde = green salad.<br />

Can also mean; "mix-up".<br />

hunger<br />

el hambre<br />

noun<br />

the hunger <strong>of</strong> a little girl (f) who<br />

says, “To quell my hunger I’m<br />

having HAM and BREad.”<br />

Notes<br />

Remember! this word is feminine.<br />

’el hambre’ rolls <strong>of</strong>f the tongue easier than<br />

’la hambre’, hence ’el hambre’.<br />

tener hambre (v.) = to be hungry.<br />

la hambruna (f.) = famine

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