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Translating 75 Fruit and Vegetable Spanish Words to English

fruit and vegetable spanish words

In the United States, produce is readily available in supermarkets. Generally, there are signs with the names of each type of produce and you can just walk up and grab whatever fruit or vegetable you want.

In many Latin American countries, on the other hand, produce is found in produce stands where you will need to tell the employee what you want. This can pose a problem if you are not up to speed on your produce vocabulary. Chances are you learned how to say the easy stuff like apple and banana, but what happens when you want to make eggplant parmesan and cannot order the main ingredient?

Here is a list of some words for fruits and vegetables in Spanish you probably didn’t see in your textbook.


Fruit names in Spanish | Las frutas

1. la fresa / la frutilla – strawberry

2. la sandía / el melón – watermelon

3. la piña / el ananá – pineapple, ananá is only used in Argentina

4. el damasco / el albariquoque / el chabacano – apricot

5. el durazno / el melocotón – peach

6. el pelón – nectarine

7. el arándano – blueberry

8. la frambuesa – raspberry

9. la cereza – cherry

10. el aguacate / la palta – avocado

11. las uvas – grapes

12. el plátano / la banana / el guineo – this means either plantain or banana, depending on the country. The best way to find out is to go to a market and ask.

13. la ciruela – plum

14. la toronja / el pomelo – grapefruit

15. la lima / el limón verde – lime

16. el limón – lemon

17. el melón – melon, this is a generic term for most melons, since specific words such as honeydew and cantaloupe are not used.

18. el mango / el mangó – mango, notice that in Spanish some countries such as Puerto Rico put the accent on the O, changing the pronunciation.

19. el coco – coconut

20. la guayaba – guava

21. la acerola – tropical cherry or Caribbean cherry

22. la quenepa / el mamoncillo – honeyberry

23. la manzana – apple

24. la papaya / la lechosa / la fruta bomba – papaya.

25. la chirimoya / la guanábana – soursop

26. la pana / el panapén / el pan de fruta / el mapén – breadfruit

27. la naranja / la china – orange, china is only used in Puerto Rico


Vegetables names in Spanish | Los vegetales o Las verduras

28. el zapallo / la calabaza– squash, although calabaza may instead mean pumpkin

29. la berenjena– eggplant

30. la espinaca – spinach

31. la batata – sweet potato

32. la remolacha / la betarraga / el betabel – beets

33. el repollo – cabbage

34. el apio – celery

35. el nabo – turnip

36. la lechuga – lettuce

37. la coliflor – cauliflower

38. el pimentón / el morrón / el pimiento – bell pepper

39. el pepino / el pepinillo – cucumber

40. el tomate – tomato

41. los espárragos – asparagus

42. la cebolla – onion

43. la seta / el hongo / el champiñón – mushroom

44.el maíz /el choclo – corn

45.el cebollín /el verdeo – spring onion, scallion

46. la papa – potato

47. la zanahoria – carrot

Do you have any other fruits and vegetables in Spanish to add to the list?

Check out these other English Spanish articles.

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