Lesson 5.2.1 · Las frutas
🍎 Fruits of Colombia
Colombia is one of the most fruit-rich countries on Earth — lulos, guanábanas, maracuyás, mangostinos. Start with the core fruit vocabulary, then graduate to the exotic stuff at the next plaza de mercado.
Everyday fruits
These are the fruits you'll find at any tienda or jugo stand. Order any of them en jugo (juice), en agua (with water) or en leche (with milk).
fruit
banana
Plátano = plantain (cooked).
apple
pear
melon
pineapple
strawberry
grapes
Example sentences
Necesito la fruta, por favor.
I need the fruit, please.
¿Dónde está el banano?
Where is the banana?
Me gusta la manzana.
I like the apple.
Mini-diálogo
¿Dónde está la fruta?
Where is the fruit?
Me gusta el banano.
I like the banana.
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
grapes
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
banana
la piña
las uvas
fruit
la fresa
melon
Fill the blank
Me gusta la _____.
I like the apple.
Fill the blank
¿Dónde está el _____?
Where is the banana?
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