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el pan
noun
a loaf of bread in a PAN, held
by a male baker Peter PAN (m).
Notes
el pan de molde = sliced bread
el pan integral = wholemeal bread
la panadería = bakery
el panadero (m.) / la panadera (f.) = baker
butter
la mantequilla
noun
a wicked mother (f) saying to her
daughter (f), “Eat your butter or
I’ll get a MAN TO KILL YA!”
Notes Also; la manteca = butter.
to smell of
oler a
verb
someone HOLLER that you
smell of OL’...ER…AH… pig!
Notes
oler (v.) = to smell, to pry into, to sniff out.
pie
el pastel
noun
Tele Savalas (m), the bald actor
famous as Kojak, is coloring
his pie in PASTEL colors.
Notes
Can also mean; cake.
los pasteles (m.pl.) = pastry / confectionery. la pastelería = pastry/cake shop.
to ask for,
to order
pedir
verb
you ask for a new
PEDAL for your bike.
Notes
Means; to ask for something,
to request.
pedir disculpas = to apologize
(lit. to ask for apologies).
See also: preguntar (v.) = to
ask (a question).
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dessert
el postre
noun
a POSTman (m) using parcels as a
TRAY to carry his dessert on ... a POST
TRAY for dessert.
Notes
a la postre (f.)’ = in the end, 'when all’s said and done'.
para postre = to top it all off.
llegar a los postres (fig) = to come too late (lit. in time
for dessert).
cheese
el queso
noun
a Dutch cheesemaker (m) with
a case of cheese saying,
“I GUESS, OR think I’ll take a
CASE Of cheese.”
flavour
el sabor
noun
Notes
el queso rallado = grated cheese.
el queso crema = cream cheese.
a caveman (m) saying, “I
SAVOR the flavour of the
SABRE-tooth tiger.”
Notes
sin sabor = flavourless.
saborear (v.) = to taste, savour, to relish.
cake
la torta
noun
a large cake, a female
TORToise and a lady (f)
saying, “I TAUGHT A
tortoise to make cake.”
Notes
la torta de huevos. = omelette.
soup
la sopa
noun
an actress (f)
dropping bars of
SOAP in a SOAP
actress’s (f) soup.
Notes
FF: el jabón (m.) = soap.