My Gluten-Free Vegan Haven Travel Phrasebook 101 Part 4 (Essential Words You Can Use In Europe)

For a delightful worry-free trip abroad, always arm yourself with an arsenal of essential words.  Trust me... you'll think twice before leaving home without them.

When traveling to Austria, Germany and German-speaking countries, you might find these words useful:

 
bread – brot  (broht)

celiac – zöliakie  (zoo lee ah kee)
cheese – käse  (kay zeh)
dairy – molkerei  (moll ker ī)
eggs – eier  (ī uh)
fish – fisch  (fish)

gluten-free – gluten frei  (gloo ten fry)
I am vegan – Ich bin vegan  (iHk bin veh gahn ah)
I am vegetarian – Ich bin vegetarier  (iHk bin veh geht ah ree ah)
I don't eat… – Ich esse kein…  (iHk ess in kīyn)
kosher – koscher  (kosher)
meat – fleisch  (fly sh)
milk – milch  (meelsh)
nuts – nüsse  (noo seh)
organic – biologisch  (bee oh loh gish)
sugar – zucker  (soo kur)
vegetable - gemüse  (guh moo zuh)

wheat – weizen  (vyt zen)

When traveling to Belgium, France and French-speaking countries, you might find these words useful:

bread – pain  (pah)

celiac – coeliaque  (seal ee ack)
cheese – fromage  (frow mahj)
dairy – laitiers  (let ee ay)
eggs – œufs  (oof)
fish – poisson  (pwah soh)

gluten-free – sans gluten  (sahn gloo ten)
I am vegan – Je suis végétalien  (jhuh soo vee jhuh tall ee in)
I am vegetarian – Je suis végétarien  (jhuh soo vee jhuh tear ee in)
I don't eat… – Je ne mange pas du  (jheh nuh mahn jhuh pah doo)
kosher – kascher  (kaa shair)
meat – viande  (vee ahnd)
milk – lait  (lay)
nut – noix  (no ah)
organic – bio  (byoh)
sugar – sucre  (sook)
vegetable – légume  (lay goom)

wheat – blé  (blee)

When traveling to the Czech Republic, you might find these words useful:

bread – chléb  (kchleb)
celiac – celiac  (say lee ack)
cheese – syr  (seer)
dairy – mléčné  (mleh chnay)
egg – vejce  (vay suh)
fish – ryba  (reer bah)

gluten-free – bez lepek  (bez leh pek)
I am vegan – Jsem vegan  (sem vee gehn)
I am vegetarian – Jsem vegetarián  (sem veg eh tar ee ahn)
I don't eat… – Nejím…  (nay eem)
kosher – košer  (koe sher uh)
meat – maslo  (mah sloh)
milk – mleko  (mle ko)
nut – ořechy  (oo zreh khee)
organic – organický  (or gan its kee)
sugar – cukr  (soo krr)
vegetable – zeleninový  (zeh leh nee noh vee)

wheat – pšenice  (pscheh neet say)

When traveling to Italy, you might find these words useful:

bread – pane  (pah nay)
celiac – celiaco  (chel ee ah koe)
cheese – formaggio  (for maj yo)
dairy – latticini  (lah tee chee nee)
eggs – uova  (oo oh vah)
fish – pesce  (peh she)

gluten-free – senza glutine  (senza glue teen eh)
I am vegan – Sono vegano/a  (vee gah no)
I am vegetarian – Sono vegetariano/a  (veh juh tear ee ah no)
I don't eat… – Non mangio…  (noan mahn jee oh)
kosher – kosher  (koe sair)
meat – carne  (car nay)
milk – latte  (lah tay)
nuts – noci  (no chay)
organic – organico  (organ ee' koh)
sugar – zucchero  (zoo kair oh)
vegetable – vegetale  (veh jeh tah le)

wheat – grano  (grah no)

When traveling to Portugal, you might find these words useful:

bread – pão  (pa-oo)
celiac – doença celíaca  (do-en sa se lee-aa kah)
cheese – queijo  (kay zhoo)
dairy – latícinios  (lah chee see nee-oos)
egg – ovo  (oh voo)
fish – peixe  (peh she)

gluten-free – sem glúten  (sehm gloo tehn)
I am vegan – Eu sou vegano/a  (e-oo sow ve gah noo/ah)
I am vegetarian – Eu sou vegetariano/a  (e-oo sow ve geh tar ee-ah noo/ah)
I don't eat… – Não posso comer…  (nah-oo poh soo koh mehr…)
kosher – alimentos kosher  (ah lee men toos koh sher)
meat – carne  (kah nee)
milk – leite  (lay chee)
nuts – nozes  (no zehs)
organic – orgânico/a  (ohr gaan ee koo/ah)
sugar – açúcar  (ah soo cahr)
vegetable – vegetal (veh jeh tahl)

wheat – trigo  (tree goo)

When traveling to Russia, you might find these words useful:


bread – hleb  (hlyep)
celiac – tseliakiya  (tseh lee ah kee ya)
cheese – syr  (syr)
dairy – molochnye produkti  (mah loh chny ye prah doo kty)
eggs – yayca  (yay tsah)
fish  – riba (ri bah)
gluten-free – bez glyutina  (byes glyu tee nah)
I am vegan – Ya strogiy vegetarianets / strogaya vegetariaka
(Ya stroh geey vye gye tah ree ah nyets / stroh gye vye gye tah ree hn ka)
I am vegetarian – Ya vegetarianets / vegetarianka
(Ya vye gye tah ree ah nyets / vye gye tah ree hn ka)
I don't eat… – Ya ne yem…  (Ya nye yem...)
kosher – koshernaya pishcha  (kah sheh rnah ya pee shchah)
meat – myaso  (mya soh)
milk – moloko  (mah lah koh)
nuts – orehi  (ah rye hee)
organic – oranicheskaia eda  (ahr gah nee che skah ay da)
sugar – sahar  (sah hahr)
vegetable  –  ovoshch (oh vosh)
wheat – pshenitsa  (psheh nee tsah)


When traveling to Spain, you might find these words useful:

bread – pan  (pahn)
celiac – celíaco  (sell ee' ah koe)
cheese – queso  (kay sō)
dairy – productos lácteos  (pro dook' tōs lack' tee ohs)
eggs – heuvos  (way vōs)
fish – pescado (pes kah do)

gluten-free – sin gluten  (seen gloo tin)
I am vegan – Soy vegano  (soy vay gah no)
I am vegetarian – Soy vegetariano  (soy vej eh tair ee ahn oh)
I don't eat… – Yo no como…  (yo no koe moe…)
kosher – kosher  (koe shair)
meat – carne  (car nay)
milk – leche  (leh chay)
nuts – nueces  (noo ay sehs)
organic – orgánico  (or gah' nee koe)
sugar – azúcar  (ah zoo' car)
vegetable – vegetal  (beh he tahl)

wheat – trigo  (tree go)

When traveling to Turkey, you might find these words useful:

bread – ekmek  (ake mek)
celiac – colyak  (johl' yahk)
cheese – peynir  (pay neer)
dairy – mandıra  (mahn dure uh)
egg – yumurta  (yoo' mur tah)
fish – balik  (boh lihk)

gluten-free – glutensiz  (gloo tahn' siz)
I am vegan – Ben bir vegan  (beer vee gahn)
I am vegetarian – Ben vejeteryanım  (ben vej eh tare ee ahn um)
I don't eat… – … Yemem…  (yee' mom)
kosher – koşer  (kosher)
meat – eti  (et eh)
milk – süt  (soot)
nuts – fıstığı  (fist uh')
organic – organik  (or gahn ik')
sugar – şeker  (shay' car)
vegetable – sebze  (seb zeh)

wheat – bugday  (boo dye)

(some information was taken from www.speaksheets.com)

  

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