Italian I: il Cibo / Food

Milk – latte

Cheese – formaggio

Eggs – uova /uovo

Meat:

   Chicken/poultry – pollo/pollame

   Beef – manzo /carne bovina

   Pork – (carne di) maiale     →   Bacon – pancetta   →   Ham - prosciutto

   Fish – pesce

   Seafood – (i frutti di mare)

Yogurt (imported word)

Bread – pane

Flour – farina

Wheat – grano

Rice – riso

Barley – orzo

Seed – seme

Vegetables: verdura

Green Bean –fagiolino / Celery –sedano / Corn –granturco / Lettuce –lattuga / Broccolo / Patata / Onion –cipolla / Peperone Verde / Carota / L’igname / Barabietola /

Tomato –pomodoro / Mushroom –fungo / Cucumber –cetriolo / Zucchina /

Pumpkin –zucca / Green peas – piselli / Avocado

Fruit: la frutta

Orange –arancia(o) / Peach –pesca / Cherry –ciliegia / Apple –mela / Pera /

Lemon –limone / Lime –limetta / Strawberry –fragola / Raspberry –lampone /

Melon – melone / Grapes –uva / Watermelon –anguria / Cranberry –ossicocco, mirtillo, rosso / Blueberry –mirtillo / Banana / Pomegranate –melagrana / Pineapple –ananas / Kiwi / Apricot –albicocca / Plum –prugna / Grapefruit –pompelmo / Blackberry –mora / Mango /

Juice – succo

Sandwich – panino

Breakfast – colazione

Lunch – (a) pranzo

Dinner – cena

Snack – spuntino

Hot/spicy – piccante

Sweet – dolce

Bitter – amaro

Raw – crudo

Frozen – congelato

Spices: spezie

Ginger –zenzero / Garlic –aglio /

Salt –sale / Pepper –pepe / Origano /

Butter - burro

Restaurant – ristorante

Hungry – affamato, avere fame

Drink – bibita

Thirsty – avere sete

Water – acqua

How many – quanti

Are you hungry? – Hai fame?

Eat out – mangiare fuori