brotes de soja verde
/bɾotes de soxa beɾde/from spelling rules
Mung bean sprouts in Spanish is brotes de soja verde.
The phrase refers to the young shoots grown from the seeds of the mung bean. In a culinary context, you can use the synonym germinados de soja verde to refer to these sprouts.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally translates to 'sprouts of green soy', where brotes means sprouts and soja verde refers to the green mung bean.
Which one should you use?
brotes de soja verde specifically identifies the mung bean variety, whereas brotes de soja is a more general term often used for any soybean sprouts.
Did you know?
- The word soja has a complex, multi-continental journey, traveling from a Chinese 'bean paste' to Japan, through the Dutch language, and finally into Spanish.
- The term brotes can also refer to a sudden outbreak of a disease or a social conflict in Spanish, not just the growth of a plant.
- In some Latin American regions, these sprouts are associated with 'Chinese food' to such an extent that they are colloquially called soja china.
Examples in context
- La ensalada contiene deliciosos brotes de soja verde.The salad contains delicious mung bean sprouts.
- Hoy vamos a preparar una receta con brotes de soja.Today we are going to prepare a recipe with mung bean sprouts.
- Necesito comprar brotes de soja verde para la ensalada.I need to buy mung bean sprouts for the salad.
- Los brotes de soja verde son muy nutritivos.Mung bean sprouts are very nutritious.
- ¿Tienes brotes de soja verde en la nevera?Do you have mung bean sprouts in the fridge?
Example conversation
Daniel and María are preparing a stir-fry in their kitchen.
- Daniel¿Compraste los brotes de soja verde que te pedí?Did you buy the mung bean sprouts I asked you for?
- MaríaSí, Daniel, están en la bolsa de la compra.Yes, Daniel, they are in the shopping bag.
- DanielPerfecto, los vamos a usar para el salteado.Perfect, we are going to use them for the stir-fry.
- MaríaMe parece una idea excelente.I think that is an excellent idea.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, soja, verde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
