This blog post was originally posted on September 18, 2014, and was updated on October 31, 2017. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Like every culture, the Spanish have an abundance of wise and sometimes silly phrases or idioms related to eating.<\/h3>\n

Useful or not, it’s a fun and interesting way to learn a bit of the language and understand different aspects of the culture. Read on for some of our favorite fun Spanish food phrases.<\/p>\n

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Desayuna mucho, come m\u00e1s, cena poco y vivir\u00e1s.<\/h2>\n

Probably the most fun Spanish food phrases, this roughly translates to, Eat a big breakfast<\/a>, have a bigger lunch, have a light dinner and you will live a long life<\/a>! And of course, agree! Though sometimes criticized for its notoriously late meals, the Spanish way of eating big lunches and small dinners is perhaps worth taking note of\u00a0in other places around the world, where digesting a filet mignon at 8 pm, for example, might put some into cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n

La comida reposada y la cena paseada.<\/h2>\n

Similar to the first sentence, this has to be one of our favorite fun Spanish food phrases! It\u00a0shares a bit more Spanish wisdom in saying that lunch should be left to rest and dinner should be walked off. Of course, it probably isn’t advisable to go on a jog after any meal, much less three platefuls of paella<\/a>. And though not as common a practice nowadays as stereotypes have it, perhaps the siesta has some connection to these words.<\/p>\n