Thursday, May 9, 2013

Fish and other meats

Rosetta Stone notes
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Animals and meats

un pez - a fish, such as one swimming in the water. Un pez está nadando. A fish is swimming.

un pescado - fish, as in food that you eat. Un pescado en tu plato. (A fish on your plate) Although I'm still checking to make sure that 'un pescado' is correct. Seems to be.

Other meats:
vaca(f), toro(m) - cow, bull
carne de res, carne de vaca - beef
hamburguesa(f) - hamburger

gallina(f), gallo(m)(more in the USA) - chicken, rooster
pollo(m) - chicken meat, chicken that you are eating

cerdo (m) - pig
carne(m) de cerdo or chancho(m) -pork
chuleta - porkchop

cordero (m) - lamb
chuleta(f) de cordero - lambchop

guajolote or jolote (m) (used in Mexico), pavo (m) - turkey, turkey (used more in Spain)
pavo (m) - turkey meat

salchicha (f) - sausage
Chorizo (m) - cured sausage


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