Kathy Parsons - For Cruisers blog » seafood http://forcruisers.com/blog Kathy Parsons - author of Spanish and French for Cruisers - blogs about language, culture, and cruising Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:37:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Los Mariscos http://forcruisers.com/blog/2009/03/los-mariscos/ http://forcruisers.com/blog/2009/03/los-mariscos/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:56:22 +0000 http://forcruisers.com/blog/?p=96 Today’s Spanish word of the day adds a little more to the last discussion about FISH words.

los mariscos

mah-reess-kohss

(shellfish and mollusks)

Mariscos are shellfish like langostas (lobsters) plus mollusks like pulpo (octopus) and calamares (squid).

   

In Spanish there isn’t a word that directly translates as “seafood”. Instead, you have pescado (fish) and [...]]]> Today’s Spanish word of the day adds a little more to the last discussion about FISH words.

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los mariscos

mah-reess-kohss

(shellfish and mollusks)

Mariscos are shellfish like langostas (lobsters) plus mollusks like pulpo (octopus) and calamares (squid).
   
mariscos

In Spanish there isn’t a word that directly translates as “seafood”. Instead, you have pescado (fish) and mariscos (shellfish/mollusks). Together they capture what we term seafood.
   
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This comidas rapidas (fast food) restaurant in the Dominican Republic advertises fish, shellfish, and pica pollo (fried chicken).
   
marisqueria

la marisquería

mah-reess-keh-ree-ah

(seafood restaurant)

 

A marisquería is a seafood restaurant.

A pescadería is a seafood market.
   
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la pescadería

pehss-kah-deh-ree-ah

(seafood market)

 

 
   
erizos

When I asked this vendor in a pescadería in Puerto Montt, Chile how he could clean erizos (sea urchins) with bare hands, he answered: experience.
   

For an easy-to-use phrase book with all the Spanish words for the mariscos you will find in Spain, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America, get  Spanish for Cruisers: The Boater’s Complete Language Guide

¡Hasta la próxima!
Ahss-tah lah prohk-see-mah!

Until the next (time)!
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