Fruit in Spanish + Gender
Fruit in Spanish Vocabulary, Video + Online Quiz.
Fruit in Spanish is masculine or feminine.
Vocabulary
MASCULINE FRUIT:
un mango a mango
un melón a melon
un limón a lemon
un higo a fig
un melocotón a peach
un plátano a banana
un albaricoque an apricot
FEMININE FRUIT:
una cereza a cherry
una nectarina a nectarine
una uva a grape
una manzana an apple
una pera a pear
una mandarina a mandarin
una naranja an orange
una ciruela a plum
una fresa a strawberry
una papaya a papaya
una piña a pineapple
una sandía a watermelon
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¿Qué es? Es un albaricoque
What is it? It is an apricot.
¿Qué son? Son peras –
What are they? They are pears.
Would you like a pear?
¿Quieres una pera?
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Un plato de fruta = a fruit platter.
Instead of fruit salad, fruit is normally served as a plate of fruit in Latin American countries.
In tropical countries a ‘plato de fruta’ will be a selection of mango, watermelon, papaya, pineapple and melon.
Papaya is particularly good with lemon juice squeezed over it.
Fruit in Spanish – Likes/Dislikes
USE:
Me gusta = I like
Me gustan = I like + words in the plural.
+ El, La, Los or Las (definite articles)
+ FRUIT:
LA FRUTA = Fruit
Me gusta la fruta = I like fruit
USE Me gusta + BIG FRUIT that is served in portions:
Me gusta (+ singular words)
I like melon = Me gusta el melón
I like watermelon = Me gusta la sandía
I like pineapple = Me gusta la piña
USE Me gustan + fruit that is normally eaten whole such as oranges, strawberries, peaches etc…
Me gustaN (+ words in the plural)
I like apples = Me gustan las manzanas
I like strawberries = Me gustan las fresas
I like lemons = Me gustan los limones
And remember that adjectives that are used to describe fruit must agree with the gender of the fruit in Spanish.
E.g.
¡Las naranjas valencianas son muy buenas!
= Valencian oranges are very good!
Video
Online Quiz
This quiz is also available on its own separate page here:
Online Quiz
#1. Es (a) .... melón.
#2. Me gustan (melons) ................
#3. Me gusta la piña.
#4. ¿Qué es? Es ...... pera.
#5. Es (an orange) .........
#6. It's an apricot.
#7. ¿Te gusta (fruit)?
#8. Me gustan (strawberries) ..........
#9. Es (an apple) .........
#10. Me gustan (apples).
#11. Me gusta (watermelon).
#12. Me gustan (figs).
#13. No me gustan (grapes) ........
#14. ¿Quieres (a peach) ..........?
#15. Me gusta (papaya) ......
#16. (The) ...... ciruelas.
#17. ¿Quieres (a plum) .....?
#18. (La fruta) is very good.
Results
¡Muy bien!
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