Beginner A2How To Talk About Fruits And Vegetables In Spanish
All the vocabulary you’ll need for your next trip to the produce aisle.
By Steph Koyfman
Key Takeaways
Focus on practical contexts like shopping, cooking, or meeting family, using core produce terms.
Recognize regional variants to avoid confusion: la patata/la papa ("potato"), el melocotón/el durazno ("peach"), and so on.
Distinguish false friends and similar names to prevent mixups: el limón ("lemon"), la lima ("lime"), and more.
Apply plural forms where needed in real settings, such as las uvas ("grapes"), los espárragos ("asparagus"), las judías verdes ("green beans"), and so on.
How do you say “raspberry” in Spanish? What about “celery”? At some point in every Spanish learner’s journey, it becomes necessary — or perhaps just desirable and tasty — to learn the names of fruits and vegetables in Spanish.
The applications are as endless as the bounty of crop varieties that proliferate all across this big green Earth. Perhaps you’ll want to make sure you can navigate the supermarket like a pro on your next trip to Guatemala. Maybe you’re a picky eater, and you want to make sure your salad doesn’t contain any radishes when you’re eating your way through Spain.
Maybe you work in a kitchen with Spanish speakers, and you’d like to prevent a mixup between limes and lemons if you can help it. Maybe you’re getting ready to meet your Mexican in-laws, and you’d like to be able to offer to help chop the vegetables while dinner is being prepared. All of these situations (and many, many more) will benefit from your mastery over the names of vegetables and fruits in Spanish.
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Below, you’ll find a handy chart you can save for future reference, a list of fruit and vegetable names in Spanish and a helpful video introducing some of the most important vocab.
Note that Spanish is a widely spoken language with many regional differences, so certain fruits and vegetables might be called something different depending on where you are (for instance, patata is a more common term for “potato” in Spain, whereas papas is more common in Latin America). Enjoy, and happy eating!
A Nearly Complete List Of Fruits And Vegetables In Spanish
Fruits In Spanish
the fruit — la fruta [la FROO-tah]
the apple — la manzana [la mahn-SAH-nah]
the avocado — el aguacate [el ah-gwa-KAH-teh]
the banana — el plátano [el PLAH-tah-noh]
the blackberry — la zarzamora / la mora [la sar-sah-MOH-rah / la MOH-rah]
the blueberry — el arándano [el ah-RAHN-dah-noh]
the cherry — la cereza [la seh-REH-sah]
the coconut — el coco [el KOH-koh]
the grapefruit — el pomelo [el poh-MEH-loh]
the grapes — las uvas [las OO-vahs]
the kiwi — el kiwi [el KEE-wee]
the lemon — el limón [el lee-MON]
the lime — la lima [la LEE-mah]
the mango — el mango [el MAHN-goh]
the melon — el melón [el meh-LON]
the nectarine — el pelón / la nectarina [el peh-LON / la nek-tah-REE-nah]
the olive — la aceituna [la ah-seh-TEE-nah]
the orange — la naranja [la nah-RAHN-hah]
the passion fruit — la maracuyá [la mah-rah-koo-YAH]
the peach — el melocotón / el durazno [el meh-loh-koh-TON / el doo-RAHS-noh]
the pear — la pera [la PEH-rah]
the pineapple — la piña [la PEE-nyah]
the plum — la ciruela [la see-RWEH-lah]
the raspberry — la frambuesa [la fram-BWEH-sah]
the strawberry — la fresa [la FREH-sah]
the tangerine — la mandarina [la mahn-dah-REE-nah]
the tomato — el tomate [el toh-MAH-teh]
the watermelon — la sandía [la san-DEE-ah]
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Vegetables In Spanish
the vegetables — las verduras [las ver-DOO-ras]
the asparagus — los espárragos [los es-PAH-rrah-gos]
the beet — la remolacha [la reh-moh-LAH-chah]
the broccoli — el brócoli [el BROH-koh-lee]
the Brussels sprouts — las coles de Bruselas [las KOH-les deh broo-SEH-las]
the cabbage — el repollo [el reh-POH-yoh]
the carrot — la zanahoria [la sah-nah-OH-ree-ah]
the cauliflower — la coliflor [la koh-lee-FLOR]
the celery — el apio [el AH-pyo]
the corn — el maíz [el mah-EES]
the cucumber — el pepino [el peh-PEE-noh]
the eggplant — la berenjena [la beh-rehn-HEH-nah]
the fennel — el hinojo [el ee-NOH-hoh]
the garlic — el ajo [el AH-hoh]
the green beans — las judías verdes [las hoo-DEE-ahs VER-des]
the kale / the collard greens — la col rizada [la kol ree-SAH-dah]
the leek — el puerro [el PWEH-rroh]
the lettuce — la lechuga [la leh-CHOO-gah]
the onion — la cebolla [la seh-BOH-yah]
the peas — los guisantes [los gee-SAHN-tes]
the pepper — el pimiento [el pee-MYEN-toh]
the potato — la patata / la papa [la pah-TAH-tah / la PAH-pah]
the pumpkin / the squash — la calabaza [la kah-lah-BAH-sah]
the radish — el rábano [el RAH-bah-noh]
the scallion / the chive — el cebollino [el seh-boh-YEE-noh]
the spinach — la espinaca [la es-pee-NAH-kah]
the turnip — el nabo [el NAH-boh]
the zucchini — el calabacín [el kah-lah-bah-SEEN]
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Steph Koyfman
Steph is a senior content producer who has spent over five years writing about language and culture for Babbel. She grew up bilingually and had an early love affair with books, and, later, studied English literature and journalism in college. She also speaks Russian and Spanish, but she’s a little rusty on those fronts.
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