Eat Your Vegetables! ¡Cómete las Verduras!
Wednesday July 23, 2008
If you need help deciphering a menu while traveling where Spanish is spoken, our list of vegetable names is here to help. You'll find the names of all the common vegetables (zanahoria for carrot and cebolla for onion, for example) and some less common ones as well (I'm not sure I'd be able to distinguish bok choy if I saw it, but la col china is what it's called is Spanish).
And if you're wondering why the headline says "las verduras" instead of "sus verduras" for "your vegetables," be sure to check out this lesson on definite articles. In this case, vegetables can be thought of as a personal possession in the same way that clothing can — the reference isn't to vegetables in general, but those in front of the person. If you don't know what a definite article is, check out our grammar glossary.
Comments
I am more confused about cómete…is it from cometer(to commit). I thought that was comete, with no accent.
Gerald,
I am trying to unsubscribe from your Spanish Word of the Day newsletter without success. PLEASE…tell me how to do so!!!
There’s a link on about.com but I just get on a cyber treadmill and go around and around in circles!!! So frustrating.
Thank you
Comete is the command form for “comer” - with the “te” attached to “come” actually.
Thanks for clearing that up. Not sure why I couldn’t see that. Overlooking the obvious I guess.