Spanish-English Vocabulary: Food, Farming, and Grammar

Posted on Mar 22, 2025 in English

Fruits:

  • Apple: Manzana
  • Avocado: Aguacate
  • Banana: Banana
  • Grape: Uva
  • Mango: Mango
  • Melon: Melón
  • Pineapple: Piña
  • Tangerine: Mandarina
  • Peach: Durazno
  • Pear: Pera
  • Plum: Ciruela
  • Raspberry: Frambuesa
  • Strawberry: Frutilla
  • Grapefruit: Pomelo
  • Orange: Naranja
  • Coconut: Coco
  • Watermelon: Sandía
  • Lemon: Limón
  • Cherry: Cereza
  • Starfruit: Carambola

Vegetables:

  • Bean: Frijoles
  • Spinach: Espinaca
  • Watercress: Berro
  • Zucchini: Calabacín, calabacita
  • Leek: Puerro
  • Green pepper: Pimiento verde
  • Red pepper: Pimiento rojo
  • Pumpkin: Calabaza
  • Tomato: Tomate
  • Potato: Papa
  • Asparagus: Espárrago
  • Celery: Apio
  • Eggplant: Berenjena
  • Lettuce: Lechuga
  • Peas: Arveja, guisantes
  • Beetroot: Remolacha
  • Broccoli: Brócoli
  • Cabbage: Repollo
  • Cauliflower: Coliflor
  • Garlic: Ajo
  • Carrot: Zanahoria
  • Cucumber: Pepino, cocombro
  • Onion: Cebolla
  • Corn: Maíz

Farming Vocabulary:

  • Wheat: Trigo
  • Farm: Granja
  • Ranch: Rancho
  • Farmer: Agricultor
  • Barn: Granero
  • Field: Campo
  • The well: El pozo
  • The greenhouse: El invernadero
  • The hoe: Azada
  • The plow: El arado
  • The fence: La Cerca – portón
  • The seeds: Las semillas
  • The manure: El estiércol
  • The dairy farm: La lechería
  • The tools: Las herramientas
  • The tractor: El tractor
  • The truck: El camión
  • The tow truck: La grúa

Simple Past Tense Exercises

Complete the sentences with the simple past:

  1. I had a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
  2. Then I went to the sports centre.
  3. I swam 500 meters in the swimming pool and then I ran 5 kilometers.
  4. At lunch time I met my friends in a café.
  5. We ate some pasta and drank some juice.
  6. After lunch I slept for a few hours, I was tired!

Plural Nouns Exercise

What is the correct plural of the word?

  • These (person) people are protesting against the president.
  • The (woman) women over there want to meet the manager.
  • My (child) children hate eating pasta.
  • I clean my (tooth) teeth three times a day.
  • The (student) students are doing the exercise right now.
  • The (fish) fish I bought is in the fridge.
  • They are sending some (man) men to fix the roof.
  • Most (housewife) housewives work more than ten hours a day at home.
  • Where did you put the (knife) knives?

Regular Verb Conjugation

Place the correct conjugation of the regular verb.

Present → Past → Participle

  1. I play → I played → I have played
  2. She listens → She listened → She has listened
  3. You work → You worked → You have worked
  4. Andrew cleans → Andrew cleaned → Andrew has cleaned
  5. We count → We counted → We have counted
  6. I help → I helped → I have helped
  7. The brothers live → The brothers lived → The brothers have lived
  8. He watches → He watched → He has watched
  9. They start → They started → They have started
  10. Susan looks → Susan looked → Susan has looked
  11. I walk → I walked → I have walked
  12. You visit → You visited → You have visited
  13. We enjoy → We enjoyed → We have enjoyed
  14. My parents open → My parents opened → My parents have opened

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Write the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives:

Adjective → Comparative → Superlative

  • Old → Older → Oldest
  • Big → Bigger → Biggest
  • Fat → Fatter → Fattest
  • Happy → Happier → Happiest
  • Simple → Simpler → Simplest
  • Lazy → Lazier → Laziest
  • Important → More important → Most important
  • Expensive → More expensive → Most expensive
  • Intelligent → More intelligent → Most intelligent
  • Good → Better → Best
  • Bad → Worse → Worst
  • Little → Less → Least

Linking Words Exercise

Linking Words: and, so, but, because.

Complete the sentences with: and, so, but, or because.

  1. In my bedroom there’s a bed and a closet.
  2. Our apartment’s small, but it’s comfortable.
  3. I like living here because it’s near the university.
  4. I like Chinese food, but my husband doesn’t like it at all.
  5. We both like sailing, so we live near the ocean.
  6. I like downtown Asunción because it’s very exciting.
  7. Mike likes ice cream so he’s going to buy El Heladero.
  8. John has a motorcycle and a huge truck.

Possessive Nouns Exercise

Complete each sentence by filling in the blanks with the possessive form of the nouns in parentheses.

  1. The birds’ color (birds).
  2. The lights’ hues (lights).
  3. The museum’s painting (museum).
  4. The mattress’s length (mattress).
  5. New York’s metropolitan museum (New York).
  6. The officer’s uniform (Officer).