Guide

Fruits in Spanish: List With el and la

28 fruits in Spanish with the translation, which ones use el and which use la, regional differences, how to form the plural and example sentences.

Official Plop! Fruit Merge cover art

Mango in Spanish is mango, and blueberry is arándano. I learned those two by playing, because in Plop! I merge matching fruits until they become a bigger fruit.

Here are 28 fruits in Spanish with the translation, the el and la rule, words that change by country, the plural and sentences to practice.

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Fruits in Spanish

  • apple: la manzana
  • banana: el plátano
  • orange: la naranja
  • lemon: el limón
  • lime: la lima
  • grape: la uva
  • strawberry: la fresa
  • blueberry: el arándano
  • raspberry: la frambuesa
  • watermelon: la sandía
  • melon: el melón
  • pineapple: la piña
  • mango: el mango
  • papaya: la papaya
  • coconut: el coco
  • pear: la pera
  • peach: el durazno
  • cherry: la cereza
  • plum: la ciruela
  • fig: el higo
  • kiwi: el kiwi
  • avocado: el aguacate
  • pomegranate: la granada
  • apricot: el chabacano
  • tangerine: la mandarina
  • guava: la guayaba
  • passion fruit: el maracuyá
  • lychee: el lichi

El or la?

  • la manzana, la naranja, la fresa
  • el plátano, el mango, el limón

Words that change by country

  • Banana: plátano in Mexico, banana in Argentina and Spain, banano in Colombia.
  • Peach: durazno in Mexico and much of Latin America, melocotón in Spain.
  • Strawberry: fresa in Mexico and Spain, frutilla in Argentina and Chile.
  • Apricot: chabacano in Mexico, albaricoque in Spain.

Plurals

  • Ends in a vowel: add -s. La manzana, las manzanas.
  • Ends in a consonant: add -es. El limón, los limones.

Sentences to practice

  • Me gustan las fresas. (I like strawberries.)
  • Ella come una manzana todos los días. (She eats an apple every day.)
  • El mango está dulce. (The mango is sweet.)
  • Él quiere un plátano y dos naranjas. (He wants a banana and two oranges.)

The fruits of Plop!

In Plop! Fruit Merge, two matching fruits merge into a bigger one. In the tutorial, a blueberry (arándano) drops onto another blueberry.

Plop! Fruit Merge tutorial with a blueberry about to drop onto another blueberry at the bottom of the blender
Plop!: a blueberry (arándano) about to drop onto another.

Merge after merge, one of them becomes a mango. With the blender nearly full, you can spot the coconut (coco) and the pineapple (piña).

A merge creating a mango in Plop! Fruit Merge, with a mission complete banner at the top of the screen
Plop!: a merge that became a mango.
Nearly full Plop! blender with a coconut in the left corner, a pineapple on the right and the BLEND button lit

PolarzinhoCoco, piña, mango. You could make a smoothie out of vocabulary.

Plop!: coco in the left corner and piña on the right.

FAQ

How do you say apple in Spanish?

La manzana.

How do you say strawberry in Spanish?

La fresa (or la frutilla in Argentina and Chile).

How do you say pineapple in Spanish?

La piña.

How do you say banana in Spanish?

El plátano, or la banana in some countries.

Your turn

Say in Spanish: two cherries, an avocado and three peaches. Answers: dos cerezas, un aguacate and tres duraznos.

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