Comidas únicas do Brasil
Brazil has so many unique flavors and dishes that it can be hard to keep track of what's what! While you'll probably learn this information best once you're here, we thought we'd try to give you a head start on the unique foods Brazil has to offer. Check out our Brazilian foods vocabulary list and practice your knowledge with flashcards.
Foods Unique to Brazil
O maracujá (passion fruit)
A goiaba (guava)
A jabuticaba (type of berry from the southeast)
O cupuaçu (sweet fruit from the Amazon)
O caju (cashew fruit)
A castanha-do-pará (type of nut)
O pinhão (Brazilian pine nut)
A mandioca / O yuca (manioc root)
O cará (another type of manioc)
O chuchu (chayote; a type of melon fruit)
A Goma de tapioca (flour to make tapioca)
A tapioca (tapioca)
O açaí (a berry from a particular palm tree in the Amazon; offered as an ice cream in the southeast)
A farofa (type of tempered mandioc flour; eaten with rice and beans)
O pastel (a pastry with savory filling, deep fried)
A coxinha (type of salgado; pear shaped croquette usually with chicken)
O salgado (a salty snack)
O guaraná (type of soda, also a fruit, and used in energy drinks)
A feijoada (bean stew with meat)
O pão de queijo (cheese bread)
A paçoca (sweet peanut dessert)
A paçoquinha (sweet peanut dessert)
A moqueca (seafood stew from the northeast and Espírito Santo)
O acarajé (fried bean dish from the northeast)
A mandioca frita (fried mandioc)
O misto-quente (ham and cheese sandwich)
O lanche (a kind of general snack between lunch and dinner, can be a sandwich but not necessarily)
O X-burger ou x-salada (Cheeseburger! Hah! Or cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato)
O bauru (a lanche on a small french-style baguette)
O brigadeiro (dessert made of chocolate and condensed milk)
Foods Unique to Brazil: Vocabulary List
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