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[azaharperezoso]

Hi, @languagelearningcorner, Merry Christmas! I’m your secret santa for the @langblrsecretsanta2021.

Your Spanish level is really good so I wasn’t sure what to give you. You said that you’re interested in cultural things and regional variations, so I thought you might like a list of things that have different names depending on which Spanish speaking country you’re in. I chose food as it has a lot of variations, but I’m linking you to some resources in case you want to look for other words: x, x, x, x. This got a bit out of hand, so sorry about the super long post.

I'm also sending you a classic video about regional variations [Qué difícil es hablar el español]. I'm sure you've already watched it, but it's worth a rewatch and if not, then I hope you like it!

And here's a game about the different Spanish speaking countries. It's really hard even for native speakers!

So here we go... How do you call this food in Spanish?

Papaya. Papaya (in most Spanish speaking countries), mamón (Argentina, and Paraguay), fruta bomba (Cuba), lechosa (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela).

Strawberry. Fresa (in most Spanish speaking countries), and frutilla (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay).

Hot Dog. Hot dog (in most Spanish speaking countries), perrito caliente (Spain, and El Salvador; perro caliente in Nicaragua), completo (Chile), shuco (Guatemala), pancho (Paraguay), frankfurter (Uruguay, they also called it pancho), asquerosito (informal in Venezuela), frankfurt (El Salvador).

Sandwich (food presented in a bread cut in two halves). Sándwich or some variant: sánduche, sánguche (in most Spanish speaking countries), bocadillo (Spain. In Spain sándwich is exclusively the one made with sliced bread), torta (Mexico), pan con… (Venezuela, Perú), refuerzo (Uruguay), pan (Guatemala), emparedado (Colombia).

Bean. Poroto (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú, and Uruguay), judía (Spain, and Cuba), frijol (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Venezuela), frejol (Ecuador, and Perú), fríjol (Colombia), habichuela (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Colombia), caraota (Venezuela), alubia (Spain).

Green bean. Chaucha (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), vainita (Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Perú, and Venezuela), habichuela (Panamá, Guatemala, Spain, Cuba, Colombia), poroto verde (Chile), vainica (Costa Rica), ejote (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico), judía verde (Spain), fréjol (Spain), piloyes (Guatemala), vainita de frijol (Nicaragua), gandul (Puerto Rico), guandul (Dominican Republic).

Popcorn. Palomitas (in most Spanish speaking countries), pochoclo (Argentina), pururú (Argentina), pororó (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), pipocas (Bolivia), cabritas (Chile), popcorn (Chile, Panamá), crispetas (Colombia), maíz pira (Colombia), rositas de maíz (Cuba), canguil (Ecuador), roscas (Canarias) cotufas (Venezuela, Canarias), poporopos (Guatemala), millo (Panamá), canchita (Perú), pop (Uruguay), gallitos (Zulia).

Pineapple. Piña (in most Spanish speaking countries), ananá (Argentina and Uruguay).

Banana. Plátano (in most Spanish speaking countries, but in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela plátano is only the one you eat cooked, the fruit is called banano and, in Venezuela, cambur), banana (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay). Guineo (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Chiapas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Zulia). In Nicaragua, and Panamá there are different names for the different kinds of bananas: plátano maduro, plátano verde, guineo, plátano cuadrado, plátano de monte, and guineo primitivo. In Venezuela something similar happens: topocho, titiaro, and chocheco.

Peanut. Maní (in most Spanish speaking countries), cacahuete (Canarias, Galicia), avellana (Andalucía), cacahuate (Honduras, and Mexico).

Passion fruit. Maracuyá (in most Spanish speaking countries), mburucuyá (Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina), fruta de la pasión (Spain), granada china (Mexico), chinola (Dominican Republic), parchita (Venezuela), parcha (Puerto Rico).

Grapefruit. Toronja (in most Spanish speaking countries), pomelo (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, and in Paraguay for the yellow one).

Nectarine. Nectarina (Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Perú, and Venezuela), nectarín (Chile, Panamá, and Puerto Rico), durazno pelado (Chile), durazno (Chile, Honduras, and Nicaragua. This word is used for peach and apricot in other countries), melocotón (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and Dominican Republic.This word is used for peach and apricot in other countries), pelón (Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina).

Apricot. Albaricoque (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Panamá, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic), damasco (Argentina, Bolivia, Canarias, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Andalucía, Paraguay, and Uruguay), durazno (Honduras, and Nicaragua), melocotón (Honduras, and Venezuela), chabacano (Mexico).

Potato. Papa (in most Spanish speaking countries), patata (Spain, except Andalucía and Canarias).

Sweet potato. Batata (Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela), camote (Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá and Perú), papa dulce (Venezuela), boniato (Cuba, Spain, and Uruguay).

Ear of maize. Choclo (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú, and Uruguay), piña de millo (Canarias), maíz (Chile), mazorca (Colombia, El Salvador, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Spain (mazorca de maíz)), elote (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua), maíz tierno (Cuba), jojoto (Venezuela).

Avocado. Aguacate (in most Spanish speaking countries), palta (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Perú, and Uruguay), pagua (Cuba), and cura (Táchira).

I published the vocab list in a google sites with pictures too in case it's easier to read.

[rivkahstudies]

Hello! Delphinium and ginger for the flower asks:)

delphinium - what’s your star sign - does it suit you?

Aries--It does! But kinda in that way that it could suit a lot of people. I think star signs are nice for people who value them but they're more of a meme than anything for me.

ginger - least favourite food?

I have discovered my intense dislike for cottage cheese still persists into adulthood.