Fruit in Spanish
Fruit in Spanish Vocabulary, Video, Online Quiz + Worksheets:
Fruit in Spanish Translation Worksheet
Fruit in Spanish Vocabulary + Grammar
Fruit in Spanish is masculine or feminine.
Vocabulary + Gender
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
How to say what a fruit is in Spanish:
Es + un/una = it is a ….
Es una cereza = it is a cherry
Es un melón = it is a melon
How to say what kind of fruit you like:
Me gusta la fruta = I like fruit
Always include el, la, los, las in front of the name of the fruit you like.
1. If you can eat a fruit whole use the PLURAL.
Eg: apples, pears, bananas etc…
Me gustan los melocotones (I like peaches)
Me gustan las peras (I like pears)
2. If a fruit is too big to eat whole use the SINGULAR.
E.g. pineapple, melon …
Me gusta la sandía (I like watermelon)
NOTE: Papayas can be small or very big so:
“Me gustan las papayas” … if they are little ones
“Me gusta la papaya” … if it is too big to eat whole.
How about finding out more about papayas and where they come from? Here is a picture is of a small papaya you can eat whole:
Una ensalada de fruta = a fruit salad
Un plato de fruta = a plate of fruit.
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 depending on the time of year.
Papaya is particularly good with lemon juice squeezed over it.
Video in Spanish and English
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!
More Practice:
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