Welcome to the Lisbon Food Dictionary.
Here you can find the most
common food
related words you probably need to use when visiting
Lisbon.
It's presented this way: portuguese english
The Lisbon Food Dictionary is divided in categories
and covers a wide range of items. If you
don't find what you are looking for, please use the Lisbon
Translator to
translate any word you like.
Use them in the restaurants, cafes, bars and others.
Im also preparing a download a printable version of the Lisbon Food
Dictionary.
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The categories of the Lisbon
Food Dictionary
bellow are:
alho garlic almoço
lunch azeite
olive oil coentro
coriander conta
bill dose
portion ementa
menu
entrada starter jantar
dinner lanche
snack lista
de vinhos wine list manteiga butter meia
half mel
honey
ovo
egg pão
bread petisco
tidbit
piri-piri chilli
sal salt salsa
parsley sandes
sandwich
Cooking
Styles & Techniques
açorda bread soaked
with olive oil, garlic and herbs, usually with an egg then mixed in assado
roasted bem
passado well done caril
curry cebolada
cooked with onions caseiro
home-made churrasco
barbecue
cozido boiled espetada
skewer estufado
braised frito fried gratinado
baked with cheese on top grelhado
grilled guarnecido
garnished guisado
stew mal
passado rare massa
pastry/pasta médio
medium rare
molho sauce na brasa
charcoal-grilled no forno
oven-backed picante
spicy posta
thick slice of meat or fish quente
hot/warm recheado
stuffed salteado
sautéed
Soups & Stews
caldo verde shredded
kale in potato broth canja
chicken broth cozido
à portuguesa stew of meats, sausages and cabbage
feijoada bean stew
made with meat feijoada
de marisco bean stew made with seafood feijoada
de caracóis bean stew made with snails
atum tuna bacalhau
codfish bacalhau
à Brás codfish shredded, fried with potato and scrambled
egg bacalhau
à Gomes Sá codfish shredded, fried with onion and served
with boiled potato, egg and black olives bacalhau
com natas codfish shredded, baked with cream and potato bacalhau
cozido com grão boiled, served with chickpeas, potato and
greens besugo
sea bream
cação dogfish caldeirada
fish stew cantaril
redfish carapau
mackerel cataplana
a copper pan for steaming fish cavala
horse mackerel cherne
large grouper choco
cuttlefish corvina
croaker dourada
gilthead bream enguia
eel espadarte
swordfish garoupa
grouper imperador
cardinal fish joaquinzinho
whitebait linguado
sole lula
squid pargo
rosy sea bream