helado
everyday, neutral
Ice cream is helado in Argentina. You buy it at a heladería, and a cone is a cucurucho.
Meaning: frozen sweet dessert (noun)
Ways to say it
| Spanish | Note |
|---|---|
| helado | everyday, neutral |
| heladería | shop |
| cucurucho | cone |
Orders are usually by size, such as un cuarto (a quarter kilo) or medio kilo, with a choice of flavors. Dulce de leche is the best known flavor.
How does it change in a sentence?
Helado is masculine, so it takes el and un: un helado de chocolate.
When do people say it?
Ice cream shops in Argentina often stay open late, and many families go out for ice cream in the evening.
Did you know?
- In Argentine ice cream shops flavors are called gustos, not sabores.
Examples in context
- Quiero un helado de dulce de leche.I want a dulce de leche ice cream.
- ¿Vamos a la heladería?Shall we go to the ice cream shop?
- Un cucurucho de dos gustos, por favor.A cone with two flavors, please.
Example conversation
Lucía and her son Tomás stand at the counter of an ice cream shop in Córdoba, where the clerk Paula serves them.
- LucíaBuenas noches. Un cucurucho, por favor.Good evening. A cone, please.
- Paula¿De qué gustos?Which flavors?
- TomásChocolate y dulce de leche.Chocolate and dulce de leche.
