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[cyclemad]

someone posts a english word next person post the Spanish translation,then an English then the Spanish translation ..............who think that will work?
and we might learn a few Spanish words

so like this
bread = pan
more=

more = más
monkey wrench = La llave inglés
today =

[cyclemad]

even better to include the gender for the nouns....these have to be memorised there is no rule deciding whether a noun is masculine or feminine...
flower ...la flor (f)
And...link each word to the following two....so

today....hoy
date...la fecha
tuesday....

Done

[gail1]

Too hard for me...but I only holiday in Spain and can get by with what I do know...and my dictionary!

[Gem]

Mint - Hierbabuana

Coriander -

[Gem]

The oven ..... el horno

The spoon ...

[cyclemad]

Strictly speaking, el calamari is the dish of squid, usually battered and fried, a la romana, in the Roman style.

El calamar is the squid, los calamares being the plural.

Soggy is empapado , literally meaning soaked or drenched.

The weather = el tiempo

Aubergine =

[Gem]

The Lemon ......... El Limon

The Potato .........

[Gem]

The Onion .......... La Cebolla

The Cabbage .....

[cyclemad]

Cabbage = el col (col lombarda = red cabbage)
Instead of = (for example - I´ll have a coffee instead of dessert)

[cyclemad]

Instead of = en vez de (quiero un café en vez de un postre)

Mushrooms =

[Gem]

Mushrooms = Champinones

Peas =

[cyclemad]

Mushrooms = Champinones

Peas =

Extra detail = Chamiñones are button mushrooms, boletus are wild mushrooms and setas is the general term for fungi. (hongo is the nasty fungus on nails and toes)

[Gem]

Sea Bass = La Lubina

Monkfish =

[cyclemad]

Monkfish = el rape
Gilt head bream (sometimes badly translated on A boards as golden fish) =

[Gem]

Tuna ......... Atun

Hake ..........