Make Tapas in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to make tapas in Spanish! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• talk about food

• describe how to make food

• use common phrases to describe food

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Adverbs

Spanish	English
finalmente	finally
incluso	even

examples
Finalmente, pongo la tortilla de patatas en el plato. Finally, I put the Spanish omelette on the plate.
Incluso pueden llevar queso. They can even have cheese.

Adverbs of Order

We use adverbs of order to describe the order in which something occurred. In this lesson, you’ll encounter the following adverbs of order:

Spanish	English
primero	first
luego	then
después	then or afterward
finalmente	finally

Nouns

Spanish	English
la cebolla	onion
la cucharada	tablespoon
el embutido	sausage
el ingrediente	ingredient
el jamón	ham
la opción	option
la patata	potato
la rebanada	slice
la sal	salt
la sartén	frying pan
la tapa	tapa
la tosta	tosta

examples
A veces le pongo cebolla. Sometimes I put in onion.
Primero, escojo los ingredientes. First, I choose the ingredients.
Después, corto las patatas. Afterward, I cut the potatoes.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Just like in English, Spanish has nouns that are countable and uncountable. Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted: for example, un grano de arroz(a grain of rice) or una botella de agua(a bottle of water). In this case, we are counting the grain and the bottle; grano and botella are countable nouns. However, if we talk about arroz and agua, they are both uncountable nouns.

Other common food-related uncountable nouns include:

Spanish	English
aceite de oliva	olive oil
azúcar	sugar
carne	meat
leche	milk
sal	salt

Omitting Articles with Uncountable or Plural Nouns

When we are talking about an uncountable or plural noun in a general way, we tend to omit the article in Spanish. For example: