Breakfast in Spanish

“Breakfast” in Spanish is el desayuno: a masculine noun, pronounced /de.saˈʝu.no/.

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An Argentine breakfast table with a plate of scrambled eggs, cut fresh fruit, bread and a steaming cup of coffee with milk, under the morning light coming through the window. — el desayuno /de.saˈʝu.no/ · masculine noun Hear the word

In a sentence

En la mesa hay desayuno con huevos revueltos, fruta fresca, pan y café con leche.

On the table there is breakfast with scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, bread and coffee with milk.

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Grammar note

It's masculine: el desayuno. The verb is desayunar, to have breakfast: desayuno a las ocho.

How to remember it

Ayuno means a fast, going without food, and des- undoes it. English breakfast is built the same way: break the fast.

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