lechuga
neutral, Mexico
In Mexican Spanish "lettuce" is lechuga. It is the same word used across the Spanish speaking world, with no special Mexican version.
Mexican food uses lechuga finely sliced on tacos, tostadas and tortas. A lechuga romana is romaine lettuce.
Meaning: leafy salad vegetable (noun)
Did you know?
- Lechuga comes from the Latin word for milk because of the white sap in its stem.
Examples in context
- Compra una lechuga.Buy a head of lettuce.
- Las tostadas llevan lechuga.The tostadas come with lettuce.
Example conversation
Eva and her mother make dinner in the kitchen in Torreón.
- EvaMamá, ¿dónde está la lechuga?Mom, where is the lettuce?
- MamáEn el refri, abajo.In the fridge, at the bottom.
- EvaYa la encontré.I found it.
