comida grasosa
/komida ɡɾasosa/from spelling rules
The English phrase "oily food" is translated into Spanish as comida grasosa.
Which one should you use?
While comida grasosa often implies heavy, unhealthy fats or grease, use comida aceitosa if you want to specify that the food is specifically cooked with or contains a lot of oil. Additionally, you can use comida grasienta to specifically emphasize a greasy or oily texture.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Argentina and parts of Mexico, the term grasienta can be used as an alternative to grasosa to mean oily food.
How does it change in a sentence?
To refer to "oily foods" in the plural, change the noun and adjective to their plural forms: comidas grasosas. The adjective 'grasosa' can be replaced with 'grasienta' to specifically emphasize a greasy or oily texture.
Did you know?
- The term grasienta is sometimes used colloquially in certain regions to describe someone who is vulgar or 'greasy' in their behavior.
- The word comida serves as both the word for 'food' and the word for 'lunch' in many Spanish-speaking countries.
- In Spanish, the word grasa is used for both animal fats and industrial grease, whereas English sometimes distinguishes them more strictly.
Examples in context
- La comida de este restaurante es demasiado grasosa para mi gustoThe food at this restaurant is too oily for my taste
- La pizza que pedí estaba muy aceitosaThe pizza I ordered was very oily
- Esa hamburguesa está llena de grasa. No creo que pueda terminarlaThat hamburger is full of grease. I don't think I can finish it
- La paella está demasiado aceitosaThe paella is too oily
- No puedo comer mucha comida grasosa.I cannot eat much oily food.
- No me gusta la comida grasosa.I do not like oily food.
- Esa comida grasosa te hará daño.That oily food will make you sick.
- Prefiero evitar la comida grasosa.I prefer to avoid oily food.
Example conversation
Daniel and Elena are deciding what to eat for dinner.
- Daniel¿Quieres comer pizza?Do you want to eat pizza?
- ElenaNo, no quiero mucha comida grasosa hoy.No, I do not want much oily food today.
- DanielEstá bien, busquemos algo más ligero.That is fine, let's look for something lighter.
- ElenaGracias, Daniel.Thank you, Daniel.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
