In this online Romanian lesson you will find a list of useful vocabulary words for eating and drinking in Romania.
We will teach you how to say in Romanian:
A typical Romanian lunch would start with a soup as the first dish followed by a main dish (most of the times containing meat) with a salad and closing with a desert and a coffee.
The Romanian kitchen is largely based on meat products (ranging from soup with meat, to grilled pork, poultry...). Romanians like quite a lot grilled meat.
How do you say "enjoy your meal" and "cheers" in Romanian?
Scientifically speaking, "apă minerală" is not the correct translation for "sparkling water" however many so Romanians (wrongly) use it, that you are bound to hear it.
non sparkling (you are literally saying "without acid"; even though "acid" is obviously innappropiate in this context this is the popular way of saying in Romanian "not sparkling"
alcohol-free beer (even though low-alcohol beer is translated differently in Romanian than "bere fără aclool" it virtually means the same thing)
It is very important to know that driving in Romania imposes a virtually alcohol free percentage in your blood, thus no alcohol consumption before hitting the road. The rules are quite strict and the Romanian police are enforcing them.
This is a very common if not the most famous Romanian liqueur (also known as shnapps or cordial) made of sour cherries,sugar and alcohol. It is usually home made, thus it can be normal 30% alcohol or stronger (according to the house recepy).
It is easily available in the bigger Romanian supermarkets (30% alcohol).
Tripe soup (Ciorba de burtă) is one of the most popular Romanian traditional dishes. It is a white sour soup of tripe (beef) seasoned with garlic sauce and vinaigre/lemon.
(it could bewith a small sliced chicken meat, however and especially for the home made chicken soup, you can expect to find a chicken wing or drumstick in your plate)
It is important to note that most Romanian soups are borth/bouillon type also called clear soup. This is why if you want to refer in Romanian to a soup which is mixed and cream like than you should add the word "cremă".
"Salata de icre" is most probably something that you haven't tried yet. If you would like to learn more about it including the Romanian recipe please watch the following video detailing the ingredients and how to reach the desired outcome. If you need the translation of the Romanian video transcript just drop us a comment at the bottom of this page and we'll translate it.
Submitted by Roger Frost (not verified) on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 12:24
Commenting on food
I want to be able to comment on food by saying such things as
"This is very good". "The meal was delicious" I liked the food very much" "Very tasty" "Delicious"
I also want to be able to as for hot water with some milk
As a quick reply:
"This is very good" - "Este foarte bun". If you want to make it perfect it becomes more complicated, because "bun" refers to nouns (in this case referring to food) which are masculine. A sausage (cârnăcior) is masculine in Romanian whereas a soup is a she(feminine) in Romanian. For soup you should say "Este bună".
"The meal was delicious" - the natural way of saying this in Romanian would be "Mâncarea a fost gustoasă" which literally means the "Food was tasty".
"I liked the food very much" is translated as "Mi-a plăcut mâncarea foarte mult"
"Very tasty" - "Foarte gustos" for mascuilne nouns, or "Foarte gustoasă" referring to feminine nouns.
"Delicious" - "Delicios" for masculine , "delicioasă" for feminine Romanian nouns.
"I would like hot water with some milk" - "Aș vrea apă caldă cu lapte". You might need to repeat this as even if you might be pronouncing well this request is quite uncommon in Romania.
"I would like my coffee extra hot" - "Aș dori cafeaua fierbinte"
I have already some recordings on compliments after a meal in Romanian. I'll do my best to add them in the above lesson, and hopefully add the recordings of what I've just translated above. I'll post back here once that is done. In the meantime you have at least the written answer.
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Commenting on food
I want to be able to comment on food by saying such things as
"This is very good". "The meal was delicious" I liked the food very much" "Very tasty" "Delicious"
I also want to be able to as for hot water with some milk
I want also to ask for my coffee to be extra hot>
Thanks for your help
What to say after a meal in Romanian?"
Hi,
As a quick reply:
"This is very good" - "Este foarte bun". If you want to make it perfect it becomes more complicated, because "bun" refers to nouns (in this case referring to food) which are masculine. A sausage (cârnăcior) is masculine in Romanian whereas a soup is a she(feminine) in Romanian. For soup you should say "Este bună".
"The meal was delicious" - the natural way of saying this in Romanian would be "Mâncarea a fost gustoasă" which literally means the "Food was tasty".
"I liked the food very much" is translated as "Mi-a plăcut mâncarea foarte mult"
"Very tasty" - "Foarte gustos" for mascuilne nouns, or "Foarte gustoasă" referring to feminine nouns.
"Delicious" - "Delicios" for masculine , "delicioasă" for feminine Romanian nouns.
"I would like hot water with some milk" - "Aș vrea apă caldă cu lapte". You might need to repeat this as even if you might be pronouncing well this request is quite uncommon in Romania.
"I would like my coffee extra hot" - "Aș dori cafeaua fierbinte"
I have already some recordings on compliments after a meal in Romanian. I'll do my best to add them in the above lesson, and hopefully add the recordings of what I've just translated above. I'll post back here once that is done. In the meantime you have at least the written answer.
Happy to help
Romanian food - practice exercises
I have also added exercises at the end of the lesson to allow you to practice and help in remembering the Romanian food related vocabulary.
Happy to help
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