📖LearnModule 2 · Lesson 21 of 30Basic User · CEFR A1, completedUnit 5 · La comida — food
Las comidas — meals and basics
Module 2 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 21 of 30: Three meals: el desayuno (breakfast), el almuerzo (lunch), la cena (dinner). On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
el desayuno
the breakfast
ehl deh-sah-YOO-noh
el almuerzo
the lunch
ehl ahl-MWEHR-soh
la cena
the dinner
lah SEH-nah
la comida
the food
lah koh-MEE-dah
el pan
the bread
ehl PAHN
la mantequilla
the butter
lah mahn-teh-KEE-yah
el huevo
the egg
ehl WEH-boh
la sopa
the soup
lah SOH-pah
el arroz
the rice
ehl ah-RROHS
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Three meals: el desayuno (breakfast), el almuerzo (lunch), la cena (dinner). La comida is food in general — and in Mexico, the main midday meal as well.
Y también · And also
The bread-and-eggs basics of any table: el pan, la mantequilla, el huevo, el arroz, la sopa. Huevo starts with a silent h and its ue says weh: WEH-boh.
Ojo · Watch out
la comida means food AND, in much of Latin America, the midday meal: la comida está en la mesa can mean either. el almuerzo is always lunch.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el desayuno.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 21 in Module 2 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.