Spanish |
English |
| caballa |
mackerel |
| cabrillas |
larger snails |
| cacahuete |
peanuts |
| cafe americano |
coffee - basically
watered down coffee, similar to the US |
| cafe con leche |
coffee with
milk |
| cafe cortado |
coffee with
less milk |
| cafe solo |
coffee - espresso
without milk |
| calabacín |
squash |
| calabaza |
pumpkin |
| calamares |
squid |
| callos |
tripe |
| camarónes |
shrimp - very
small |
| caña de lomo |
cured pork,
similar to chorizo |
| cangrejo |
crab |
| caracoles |
snails |
| caramelos |
candy |
| carne |
meat |
| castañas |
chestnuts. During
winter often roasted and sold by street vendors |
| cazon |
dogfish or shark |
| cebolla |
onion |
| cebolleta |
onion - smaller |
| centollo |
crab, spider
crab… |
| cerdo |
pork |
| cereza |
cherry |
| cerveza |
beer |
| chacina |
cold cuts or
sliced meats (see fiambre) |
| champiñones |
mushrooms |
| chicharro |
pork cracklings
or rind |
| chicharrones |
fried pork rind,
or cracklings |
| chipirones |
squid - smaller,
common dish is chipirones a la plancha (grilled squid) |
| chirimoya |
chirimoya |
| chorizo |
cured (typically)
pork sausage served in most of Spain. |
| chorizo criollo |
creole sausage
typical of Galicia and Asturias regions, cooked. |
| chuleta |
chop, as in
pork chop |
| churros |
beignets - deep
fried dough sometimes covered in powdered sugar. Often served with
hot chocolate |
| cigala |
crayfish |
| cintas de lomo |
pork chops,
boneless |
| ciruela |
plum |
| ciruelas pasas |
prunes |
| cochinillo |
pig - roast,
suckling |
| cocido |
stew |
| coco |
Coconut |
| col |
cabbage |
| coles de bruselas |
brussel sprouts |
| coliflor |
cauliflower |
| comino |
cumin |
| coñac |
brandy |
| concha |
clam |
| conejo |
rabbit |
| consomé |
consommé (soup) |
| cordero |
lamb |
| corvinas |
fish, like hake |
| costillas |
ribs |
| crema |
cream |
| criadillas |
testicles |
| croqueta |
croquette -
fried mass with bechamel and choice of filling like ham, tuna, chicken,
spnicahe, etc. |
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