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Galician Vocabulary - Food

In today's lesson, we will learn some basic Galician words related to food. We will also learn some phrases using these words. Please feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. 😎

With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Animals, Numbers, Colors & Family.

Main Words

Word in Galician	Pronunciation	English Translation
pan	[pɑn]	bread
carne	[ˈkarnɛ]	meat
peixe	[ˈpɛʃə]	fish
queixo	[ˈkɛʃu]	cheese
ovo	[ˈɔvu]	egg
leite	[ˈlɐjtɨ]	milk
sal	[sɑɫ]	salt
azeite	[ɐzˈɛjtɨ]	olive oil
arroz	[ɐˈrɔs]	rice
patacas	[pɐˈtɐkɐs]	potatoes
cenorias	[θɨˈnɔrjɐs]	carrots
allo	[ˈaʎu]	garlic
cebola	[θɨˈbɔɫɐ]	onion
tomate	[tɔˈmɐtɨ]	tomato

Phrases

• Quero un bocadillo de queixo. (ˈkɛʃu ˈbokɐðiʎu) – I want a cheese sandwich.
• Queres unha cunca de leite? (ˈlɐjtɨ ˈkuŋkɐ) – Do you want a glass of milk?
• Hai algunha cousa para comer? (alˈɣuɲɐ ˈkuzɐ pɐɾɐ ˈkomɐɾ) – Is there something to eat?
• Estou á procura de patacas fritas. (ɐsˈtow ɐ ˈpɾokuɾɐ dɨ pɐˈtɐkɐs ˈfɾitɐs) – I'm looking for french fries.
• Quero unha ensalada de tomate e cebola. (ˈkɛɾu ˈuɲɐ ɛnsɐˈlɐdɐ dɨ tɔˈmɐtɨ ɛ θɨˈbɔɫɐ) – I want a tomato and onion salad.
• Hai algún prato vegetariano? (alˈɣuŋ ˈpɾatɔ βɛʤəˈtɐɾjɐnu) – Is there any vegetarian dish?
• Quero unha cunca de arroz. (ˈkɛɾu ˈuɲɐ ˈkuŋkɐ dɨ ɐˈrɔs) – I want a bowl of rice.
• Hai algún prato con carne? (alˈɣuŋ ˈpɾatɔ kon ˈkarnɛ) – Is there any dish with meat?
• Quero un bocadillo de ovo. (ˈkɛɾu ˈbokɐðiʎu dɨ ˈɔvu) – I want an egg sandwich.
• Hai algún prato con peixe? (alˈɣuŋ ˈpɾatɔ kon ˈpɛʃə) – Is there any dish with fish?

Other Lessons

• Essencial phrases in Galician
• Animals
• Fruits
• Count to 10
• Problems in Galician
• Camping
• Verbs in Galician
• Express Surprise
• Basic Phrases in Galician
• Geography

Sources

• Food and Drinks in Galician | Pinhok Languages
• Galician Culture Lesson in eight words