Foods in English (food): vocabulary of the main foods

Check out a list of English food names and translations. See items that make up breakfast (Breakfast), lunch (lunch), snack (snack) and dinner (dinner).

In addition to the food names in English, also see what are the most popular typical dishes from the United States and England; the two main English-speaking countries.

Bread (bread)

  1. Donut – bagel (it is a type of bread in the form of a donut, which is usually baked before being baked.)
  2. baguette - baguette
  3. breadsticks – gressino
  4. brown bread - Rye bread
  5. Croissant - Croissant
  6. donut – donut; donut with sugary dough, which can be accompanied by different types of toppings
  7. French loaf; french stick - baguette
  8. Fruit bread – bread with candied fruit
  9. hamburger bun - hamburger bread
  10. Homemade bread - Homebread
  11. hot dog bun – hot dog bread
  12. panettone - panettone
  13. Pita bread – pita bread; flatbread; Arabic bread
  14. Pretzel – pretzel (type of dry dough bread, which is knot-shaped and can be sweet or savory)
  15. roll – French bread; little stick
  16. Rye bread - Rye bread
  17. sliced ​​bread; sliced ​​loaf – sliced ​​bread
  18. Small dinner roll – little tube
  19. soft roll – hot dog bread
  20. toast - toast
  21. Wheat bread - wheat bread
  22. white bread – white bread (usually sliced)
  23. whole grain bread; wholemeal bread; whole wheat bread - whole grain bread

IMPORTANT: the word bread (bread) is uncountable and therefore cannot be inflected in the plural. To indicate a certain amount of bread, you can use the word piece (ask) or slice (slice), depending on the situation.

Examples:

  • I’d like ten pieces of bread, please. (I would like ten loaves, please.)
  • You'll need four slices of bread for this recipe. (You will need four slices of bread for this recipe.)

See too: Countable and uncountable nouns

Meat (meat)

  1. Baby beef – rump heart
  2. barbecue - barbecue
  3. Beef - beef
  4. chicken breast - chicken breast
  5. chicken heart - chicken heart)
  6. chicken leg - chicken thigh
  7. chicken wing - chicken wing
  8. chuck – above
  9. duck - duck
  10. eyeround - lizard
  11. Filet mignon - filet mignon
  12. Flank steak – skirt skirt
  13. ground beef - Ground beef
  14. Hamburger - hamburger
  15. hump steak - termite
  16. Knuckle – duckling
  17. Liver - liver
  18. meatball – meatball
  19. outside flat – hard thigh
  20. Ox tongue - bull tongue
  21. pork chops - pork chop
  22. pork leg – lost shank
  23. pork loin - pork loin
  24. read meats - Red meat
  25. Rib cuts - rib
  26. Rump skirt – titty
  27. Rump steak – rump
  28. Rump tail – titty
  29. Rump cover - rump steak
  30. Rump cap - rump steak
  31. roast chicken - Roast Chicken
  32. Steak - beef
  33. Stew meat – meat for stew
  34. striploin – kebabs
  35. T-bone steak - chuleta
  36. Tenderloin - filet mignon
  37. thin skirt – skirt skirt
  38. Top side – soft top
  39. Sirloin top – kebabs
  40. Top sirloin cap - rump steak
  41. Tripod - Tripe; stomach
  42. turkey - Peru
  43. white meats – white meats

Meat Preparation Levels

  • rare: underdone
  • medium-rare: medium, but more for rare
  • medium: average
  • medium well: medium, but more to the well past
  • well done: well done

Sausages, cold cuts and dairy food (sausages, cold cuts and dairy)

  1. Bologna – bologna
  2. brie cheese – brie cheese
  3. butter - butter
  4. Calabrese sausage - pepperoni sausage
  5. Cammbert cheese – camembert cheese
  6. cheddar cheese - cheddar cheese
  7. cheese - cheese
  8. chocolate milk - chocolate milk
  9. Condensed milk - condensed milk
  10. Coppa salami - Cup
  11. cottage cheese - cottage cheese
  12. cream cheese - cream cheese
  13. Edam cheese – Edam cheese
  14. feta cheese - feta cheese
  15. Gouda cheese – Gouda cheese
  16. ham - Ham
  17. hot chocolate - hot chocolate
  18. milk - milk
  19. milk powder; powdered milk - powdered milk
  20. Mortadella bologna – bologna
  21. mozzarella cheese – mozzarella cheese
  22. parmesan cheese - Parmesan cheese
  23. ricotta cheese - Ricotta cheese
  24. salami – salami
  25. Sausage - sausage; sausage
  26. smoked sausage - smoked sausage
  27. Stilton blue cheese – blue cheese
  28. Swiss cheese - Swiss cheese
  29. Whipped cream - Chantilly
  30. yoghurt - yogurt

Fish and seafood

  1. Anchovies – anchovies
  2. cape shark – song
  3. carp – carp
  4. Caviar – caviar
  5. Cod - Cod
  6. Crab - crab
  7. Crayfish – crayfish
  8. Crawfish – crayfish
  9. Dried shrimp – dry shrimp
  10. heel – eel
  11. fish - fish
  12. fish eggs – caviar
  13. grilled fish - grilled fish
  14. Lobster – lobster
  15. mussels – mussels
  16. octopus – octopus
  17. oyster – oyster
  18. Prawn – gray shrimp
  19. Salmon – salmon
  20. sardine – sardines
  21. Sardines in can – canned sardines
  22. Shark – song
  23. Shrimp - shrimp
  24. seafood - Seafood
  25. Squid - squid
  26. Trout – trout
  27. tuna - tuna fish

Fruit

  1. apple - Apple
  2. apricot – apricot
  3. Avocado - avocado
  4. Banana - banana
  5. Blackberry - Blackberry
  6. Cherry - Cherry
  7. Fig – fig
  8. Grape - grape
  9. Kiwi - Kiwi
  10. lemon - lemon
  11. lime - lime
  12. mango - mango
  13. Melon - melon
  14. orange - Orange
  15. papaya - papaya
  16. peach - peach
  17. Pineapple - pineapple
  18. plum - plum
  19. Raisin - Pass grape
  20. strawberry - Strawberry
  21. watermelon - watermelon

See too: fruit in english

Side dishes

  1. Boiled egg - boiled egg
  2. beans - bean
  3. Fried egg - fried egg
  4. french fries - French fries
  5. Mashed Potatoes - mashed potatoes
  6. omelet - omelet
  7. Rice – rice
  8. Salad - salad
  9. Scrambled eggs - scrambled eggs

Vegetables (vegetables)

  1. Artichoke – artichoke
  2. Arugula - arugula
  3. Asparagus – asparagus
  4. basil - basil
  5. bean - bean
  6. beet - beetroot
  7. bell pepper - Bell pepper
  8. black-eyed piece – cowpea
  9. broccoli - broccoli
  10. cabbage - cabbage
  11. Carrot - carrot
  12. Cauliflower - cauliflower
  13. Celery – celery, celery
  14. corn - corn
  15. Chard - Chard
  16. chicory – chicory
  17. cucumber – cucumber
  18. eggplant - aubergine
  19. Fennel - Fennel
  20. Garlic - garlic
  21. ginger - ginger
  22. green onion - chive
  23. Leek - leek
  24. Lettuce - lettuce
  25. Manioc - cassava
  26. Mushroom - mushroom
  27. okra - okra
  28. olive - olive
  29. onion - onion
  30. palm heart - Palm heart
  31. parsley – parsley; parsley
  32. ask - pea
  33. Potato - potato
  34. Pumpkin - pumpkin
  35. Radish - radish
  36. Rice – rice
  37. spinach - spinach
  38. Soybean - Soy
  39. sweet potato - sweet potato
  40. tomato – tomato
  41. turnip – turnip
  42. watercress – watercress
  43. Yam - Yam
  44. Zucchini - zucchini

Snacks and beverages (snacks and beverages)

  1. beer - beer
  2. Brazilian cheese bread - cheese bread
  3. cake - cake
  4. coffee - coffee
  5. Cookies - cookies
  6. Corn flakes – corn flakes cereal
  7. fruit salad - fruit salad
  8. Hamburger - hamburger
  9. hot dog - hot dog
  10. ice cream - Ice cream
  11. jam - jelly
  12. Jello - gelatine
  13. juice - juice
  14. muesli - granola
  15. pie – pie
  16. Pizza - Pizza
  17. popcorn - popcorn
  18. Popsicle - Popsicle
  19. pudding - pudding
  20. Sandwich - sandwich
  21. Soda - soda
  22. Soft drink - soda
  23. tea - tea
  24. toast - toast
  25. water - Water
  26. wine - wine
  27. white coffee - coffee with milk

Typical dishes in the United States

1. Fried chicken

fried chicken

Very common in the southern region of the United States, it is a dish composed of seasoned, breaded and fried chicken, which may or may not be accompanied by French fries.

2. Apple Pie

apple pie

Despite having European origins, apple pie is very traditional throughout the country. Made up of sliced ​​apples sprinkled with vanilla, sugar and cinnamon, arranged in a golden, crunchy mass, the delicacy often appears in American TV series and movies.

3. Barbecue ribs (Ribs with barbecue sauce)

barbecue ribs

Ribs are an integral part of a traditional American barbecue. Pork ribs are typically used, but the dish can also be made with beef ribs.

They are usually accompanied by French fries and roasted corn.

4. pancake (pancake)

pancakes

For breakfast, pancakes are as traditional for an American as bread and butter is for a Brazilian.

They are usually stacked and served with a traditional syrup called maple syrup (similar to molasses), or with fruits, jellies, chocolate and other types of toppings.

5. Mac n’ cheese (macaroni and cheese)

mac n' cheese

The dish consists of a mixture of eggs and different types of seasoned and melted cheeses, which make up a sauce that involves the elbow-type noodles.

Some choose to serve the delicacy with small pieces of fried bacon sprinkled on top of the plate.

Typical dishes in England

1. Fish n’ chips (fish and chips)

fish and chips

The dish consists of seasoned fish fillet, breaded and fried, accompanied by french fries

Optionally it can also be served with salad and sauces.

2. English breakfast

english breakfast

If you ever stay in a hotel and breakfast is a english breakfast, know that a dish awaits you, consisting of fried eggs, bacon and sausage, toasted bread and baked beans. That's right, baked beans!

With such a hearty breakfast, you can go for a walk without worrying about your next meal time!

3. Scones (kind of bread roll)

scones

Original from Scotland, scones are very traditional in the famous English afternoon tea.

They are made from sugar, flour and milk and are usually served with red fruit jelly.

4. Summer pudding

summer pudding

Summer pudding is traditionally made in the season of the year to which it refers, as it is at this time that the main ingredients of this delicacy are available: red fruits.

The dish also has as ingredients: wine, bread and sugar.

5. Cornish pasty

cornish pasty

The delicacy is a kind of savory product consisting of a thick dough made of potatoes, flour and onions, stuffed with roasted meat and pepper sauce.

Despite being originally from the Cornwall (Cornwall) region, it is commonly found throughout England.

To complement your English studies, see also:

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  • add and any
  • Few and little
  • how much and how many

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