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Romanian Vocabulary - Food

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

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: Animal, Romanian Vocabulary → Numbers and Time → Telling Time, Numbers 1 10 & Animals.

Main Words

Romanian	Pronunciation	English Translation
mâncare	[ˈmɨnt͡ʃare]	food
pâine	[ˈpɨ.ne]	bread
carne	[ˈkɨrne]	meat
ouă	[ou̯ə]	eggs
lapte	[ˈlapte]	milk
brânză	[ˈbrɨnzə]	cheese
fructe	[ˈfrukte]	fruits
legume	[leˈgume]	vegetables
cafea	[kaˈfea]	coffee
ceai	[t͡ʃeˈaj]	tea
vin	[vin]	wine
bere	[ˈbere]	beer
zahăr	[ˈzəhər]	sugar
sare	[ˈsare]	salt

Phrases

• Vreau să mănânc o bucată de pâine. (vreau sa mɨnɨnt͡ʃ o buˈkat͡se de pɨˈne) – I want to eat a piece of bread.
• Aveți carne de porc? (aˈveʦ carne de porc) – Do you have pork?
• Am nevoie de ouă și lapte. (am neˈvoje de ouə ʃi lapte) – I need eggs and milk.
• Vreau să cumpăr brânză. (vreau sa kumˈpar brɨnzə) – I want to buy cheese.
• Aveți fructe proaspete? (aˈveʦ frukte proˈaʃpete) – Do you have fresh fruits?
• Am nevoie de legume. (am neˈvoje de leˈgume) – I need vegetables.
• Vreau să beau o ceașcă de cafea. (vreau sa beˈau o t͡ʃeaʃkə de kaˈfea) – I want to drink a cup of coffee.
• Aveți ceai? (aˈveʦ t͡ʃeˈaj) – Do you have tea?
• Am nevoie de vin. (am neˈvoje de vin) – I need wine.
• Vreau să cumpăr bere. (vreau sa kumˈpar beˈre) – I want to buy beer.
• Am nevoie de zahăr. (am neˈvoje de zəhər) – I need sugar.
• Aveți sare? (aˈveʦ saˈre) – Do you have salt?

Other Lessons

• People in Romanian
• How to Say Hello and Greetings
• Animal
• Drinks
• Cardinal Directions (Direcţii cardinale)
• Colors
• Count from 1 to 10
• Education
• Adjectives in Romanian
• Seasons

Sources

• A1.15 Romanian food & drinks vocabulary
• Romanian Food For Foreigners: Glossary
• Level 4 - Food - Duolingo Romanian Vocabulary - Memrise