Learn about fruits that are popular in Peru
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| INTRODUCTION |
| Gina: Hi everyone, I'm Gina. |
| Lucia: And I'm Lucia! |
| Gina: And welcome to Culture Class Essential Spanish Vocabulary, Lesson 6! In this lesson you'll learn five essential words related to food and drink. These are five common Peruvian fruits, hand picked. You can find a complete list of vocabulary at SpanishPod101.com. |
| FIVE KEY VOCABULARY ITEMS |
| Gina: Lucia, what’s our first word? |
| Lucia: maracuyá |
| Gina: “maracuya” |
| Lucia: [slow] maracuyá [regular] maracuyá |
| Gina: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lucia: maracuyá |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina: |
| Maracuya is a passion fruit with an exquisite flavour that’s both sweet and sour, and it’s usually used in making juice and desserts. |
| Gina: Now let's hear an example sentence using this word. |
| Lucia: [normal] El pastel de queso de maracuyá es muy delicioso. |
| Gina: “Maracuya cheesecake is very delicious.” |
| Lucia: [slow] El pastel de queso de maracuyá es muy delicioso. |
| Gina: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Lucia: lúcuma |
| Gina: “lucuma” |
| Lucia: [slow] lúcuma [regular] lúcuma |
| Gina: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lucia: lúcuma |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina: |
| “Lucuma is a native fruit of Peru, used in pudding, cake, and ice cream. Normally you can find it in supermarkets as powder, since the fruit itself is not commonly eaten. |
| Gina: Now let's hear an example sentence using this word. |
| Lucia: [normal] El helado de lúcuma es el sabor de helado mas popular en la época de verano. |
| Gina: “The lucuma ice cream is the most popular flavor of the summer season.” |
| Lucia: [slow] El helado de lúcuma es el sabor de helado mas popular en la época de verano. |
| Gina: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Lucia: guanábana |
| Gina: “soursop” |
| Lucia: [slow] guanábana [regular] guanábana |
| Gina: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lucia: guanábana |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina: |
| Soursop is very similar to and sometimes confused with the cherimoya. Peruvian people eat soursop pulp fresh and also enjoy it in juice, jam, and yogurt. |
| Gina: Now let's hear an example sentence using this word. |
| Lucia: [normal] El yogurt de guanábana ha sido muy popular en los ultimos años. |
| Gina: “Soursop yogurt has been very popular over the last few years.” |
| Lucia: [slow] El yogurt de guanábana ha sido muy popular en los ultimos años. |
| Gina: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Lucia: granadilla |
| Gina: “sweet granadilla” |
| Lucia: [slow] granadilla [regular] granadilla |
| Gina: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lucia: granadilla |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina: |
| Sweet granadilla is a passion fruit with a hard orange shell, and pulp full of small, hard, black seeds surrounded by a transparent gelatinous sphere. |
| Gina: Now let's hear an example sentence using this word. |
| Lucia: [normal] La granadilla tiene una cáscara fuerte de color naranja. |
| Gina: “The sweet granadilla has a strong orange-colored skin.” |
| Lucia: [slow] La granadilla tiene una cáscara fuerte de color naranja. |
| Gina: Okay, what’s the last word? |
| Lucia: mango |
| Gina: “mango” |
| Lucia: [slow] mango [regular] mango |
| Gina: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lucia: mango |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Gina: |
| Mango is a popular fruit in Peru and is usually eaten fresh, but Peruvian people also have it in ice cream and juice. |
| Gina: Now let's hear an example sentence using this word. |
| Lucia: [normal] Comer mango helado en verano es muy refrescante. |
| Gina: “Eating a frozen mango in summer is very refreshing.” |
| Lucia: [slow] Comer mango helado en verano es muy refrescante. |
| QUIZ |
| Gina: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the words you just learned? Lucia: will give you the Spanish, and then please say the English meaning out loud! Are you ready? |
| Lucia: maracuyá |
| [pause]Gina: “maracuya” |
| Lucia: lúcuma |
| [pause]Gina: “lucuma” |
| Lucia: guanábana |
| [pause]Gina: “soursop” |
| Lucia: granadilla |
| [pause]Gina: “sweet granadilla” |
| Lucia: mango |
| [pause]Gina: “mango” |
Outro |
|---|
| Gina: There you have it; five common fruits in Peru! We have more vocab lists available at SpanishPod101.com, so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Lucia: Adiós |
Comments
Hide