Food vocabulary words in Shona and English

To learn Shona language, common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common Shona words that we can used in daily life. Food are one part of common words used in day-to-day life conversations. If you are interested to learn Food vocabulary words in Shona, this place will help you to learn all Food vocabulary words in English to Shona language. Food vocabulary words are used in daily life, so it is important to learn all Food vocabulary words in English to Shona and play Shona quiz and also play picture vocabulary, play some games so you get not bored. If you think too hard to learn Shona language, then 1000 most common Shona words will helps to learn Shona language easily, they contain 2-letter words to 13-letter words. The below table gives the translation of Food vocabulary words in Shona.


Food vocabulary words in Shona and English

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List of Food vocabulary words in Shona


Here is the list of Food in Shona language and their pronunciation in English.

Food vocabulary words - Shona

Bake bake
Boil boil
Burn kupisa
Butter ruomba
Carve kuveza
Chop chop
Cook kubika
Cookbook cookbook
Delicious zvinonaka
Dice dice
Diet kudya
Dish dish
Dough mukanyiwa
Drink drink
Eat kudya
Fat mafuta
Flavour flavour
Flour upfu
Food chikafu
Fruit muchero
Fry fry
Garlic garlic
Grain zviyo
Grate grate
Grease girisi
Grill grill
Heat kupisa
Herb herb
Ingredient ingredient
Instruction instruction
Juice muto
Liquid mvura
Mash mash
Meat nyama
Melt melt
Mix mix
Mixed yakasanganiswa
Oil mafuta
Onion hanyanisi
Peeler peeler
Pepper mhiripiri
Pinch pinch
Preheat preheat
Prepare gadzirira
Recipe recipe
Rice mupunga
Roast roast
Salt munyu
Sauce muto
Seeds mbeu
Serve service
Spice zvinonhuwira
Spoon chipunu
Sprinkle mwaya
Steam steam
Sticking sticking
Stir kurudzira
Substance substance
Vegetable muriwo
Warm water mvura inodziya
Wheat gorosi
Whisk whisk






Top 1000 Shona words


Here you learn top 1000 Shona words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Shona meanings with transliteration.


Eat kudya
All zvose
New itsva
Snore ngonono
Fast fast
Help help
Pain kurwadziwa
Rain mvura
Pride kudada
Sense pfungwa
Large hombe
Skill unyanzvi
Panic kutya
Thank thank
Desire chido
Woman mukadzi
Hungry nzara

Daily use Shona Sentences


Here you learn top Shona sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Shona meanings with transliteration.


Good morning Mangwanani akanaka
What is your name Zita rako ndiani
What is your problem Dambudziko rako nderei?
I hate you Ndakakuvenga
I love you Ndinokuda
Can I help you Ndingakubatsire here?
I am sorry Ndine hurombo
I want to sleep Ndinoda kurara
This is very important Izvi zvakakosha zvikuru
Are you hungry Une nzara here?
How is your life Hupenyu hwako huri sei?
I am going to study Ndiri kuenda kunodzidza
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