Lesson 5.2.2 · Verduras
🥬 Vegetables of Colombia
A tour of the plaza de mercado: cabbages, onions, papas, and the carrots and tomatoes that anchor every sancocho.
Common vegetables
Note: in Colombia potato is always 'papa' (never 'patata'). 'Repollo' is cabbage; you'll see it shredded on top of perros calientes. 'Coliflor' and 'brócoli' show up together in salteados.
the vegetable
the cabbage
the onion
the potato
the cauliflower
the tomato
the cucumber
the carrot
Example sentences
Necesito la verdura, por favor.
I need the vegetable, please.
¿Dónde está el repollo?
Where is the cabbage?
Me gusta la cebolla.
I like the onion.
Mini-diálogo
¿Dónde está la verdura?
Where is the vegetable?
Me gusta el repollo.
I like the cabbage.
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
the cucumber
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
la coliflor
the cabbage
la zanahoria
la papa
el pepino
the onion
Fill the blank
Necesito la _____, por favor.
I need the vegetable, please.
Fill the blank
Me gusta la _____.
I like the onion.
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