espinaca
neutral, Mexico
In Mexico spinach is espinaca, usually used in the plural, espinacas, when you mean the leaves. The word is the same across Spanish.
People cook espinacas in soup, with cheese, in quesadillas or in salads. At the market you say un manojo de espinacas for a bunch.
Meaning: leafy green vegetable (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
Say espinaca as "es-pee-NAH-ka", with the stress on na.
Did you know?
- Mexican Spanish uses jitomate for tomato in many regions, as in the conversation here, while other places use tomate.
Examples in context
- Me gusta la sopa de espinacas.I like spinach soup.
- Compré un manojo de espinacas.I bought a bunch of spinach.
- La quesadilla lleva espinaca y queso.The quesadilla has spinach and cheese.
Example conversation
Inés shops for vegetables from a stall in a market in Pachuca.
- InésBuenos días, me da un manojo de espinacas.Good morning, give me a bunch of spinach.
- VendedorClaro, ¿algo más?Of course, anything else?
- InésUn kilo de jitomate también.A kilo of tomatoes too.
