🍰 Bakeries

In this lesson you will learn useful everyday English vocabulary and expressions for visiting a bakery, ordering bread and pastries, asking what is fresh, choosing baked goods, ordering by quantity, and buying cakes for special occasions. Each English word or phrase includes translations in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

🟢 Basic Bakery Vocabulary

🥖 Bakery

🇪🇸 Spanish: Panadería
🇫🇷 French: Boulangerie
🇩🇪 German: Bäckerei
🇮🇹 Italian: Panetteria / Forno
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Padaria
🍞 Bread

🇪🇸 Spanish: Pan
🇫🇷 French: Pain
🇩🇪 German: Brot
🇮🇹 Italian: Pane
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pão
🥐 Pastry

🇪🇸 Spanish: Pastelito / Pieza de repostería
🇫🇷 French: Pâtisserie / Viennoiserie
🇩🇪 German: Gebäck
🇮🇹 Italian: Pasticcino
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pastel / Doce
🎂 Cake

🇪🇸 Spanish: Pastel / Tarta
🇫🇷 French: Gâteau
🇩🇪 German: Kuchen / Torte
🇮🇹 Italian: Torta
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bolo / Tarte
🍪 Cookie

🇪🇸 Spanish: Galleta
🇫🇷 French: Biscuit
🇩🇪 German: Keks
🇮🇹 Italian: Biscotto
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bolacha / Biscoito
🥐 Croissant

🇪🇸 Spanish: Cruasán
🇫🇷 French: Croissant
🇩🇪 German: Croissant
🇮🇹 Italian: Cornetto
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Croissant

🟡 Bread & Baked Goods Vocabulary

🥖 Loaf of bread

🇪🇸 Spanish: Barra de pan
🇫🇷 French: Baguette / Pain
🇩🇪 German: Laib Brot
🇮🇹 Italian: Pagnotta / Filone
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pão / Cacetinho
🌾 Whole wheat bread

🇪🇸 Spanish: Pan integral
🇫🇷 French: Pain complet
🇩🇪 German: Vollkornbrot
🇮🇹 Italian: Pane integrale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pão integral
🥪 Sliced bread

🇪🇸 Spanish: Pan de molde
🇫🇷 French: Pain de mie
🇩🇪 German: Toastbrot
🇮🇹 Italian: Pane in cassetta
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pão de forma
🧁 Cupcake

🇪🇸 Spanish: Magdalena / Cupcake
🇫🇷 French: Cupcake
🇩🇪 German: Cupcake / Muffin
🇮🇹 Italian: Cupcake
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Cupcake / Queque
🥧 Pie

🇪🇸 Spanish: Tarta
🇫🇷 French: Tarte
🇩🇪 German: Torte / Kuchen
🇮🇹 Italian: Crostata / Torta
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Tarte
🍩 Doughnut

🇪🇸 Spanish: Dona / Rosquilla
🇫🇷 French: Beignet
🇩🇪 German: Donut
🇮🇹 Italian: Ciambella
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Donut / Roscón

🔵 Describing Bakery Foods

🔥 Freshly baked

🇪🇸 Spanish: Recién horneado / Recién horneada
🇫🇷 French: Fraîchement sorti du four
🇩🇪 German: Frisch gebacken
🇮🇹 Italian: Appena sfornato
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Recém-assado
🥖 Crispy / Crunchy

🇪🇸 Spanish: Crujiente
🇫🇷 French: Croustillant
🇩🇪 German: Knusprig
🇮🇹 Italian: Croccante
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Crocante
🍰 Sweet

🇪🇸 Spanish: Dulce
🇫🇷 French: Sucré
🇩🇪 German: Süß
🇮🇹 Italian: Dolce
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Doce
☁️ Soft

🇪🇸 Spanish: Blando / Blanda
🇫🇷 French: Moelleux
🇩🇪 German: Weich
🇮🇹 Italian: Morbido
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Macio / Fofo
🍫 Chocolate

🇪🇸 Spanish: Chocolate
🇫🇷 French: Chocolat
🇩🇪 German: Schokolade
🇮🇹 Italian: Cioccolato
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Chocolate
🍓 Strawberry

🇪🇸 Spanish: Fresa
🇫🇷 French: Fraise
🇩🇪 German: Erdbeere
🇮🇹 Italian: Fragola
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Morango

🧠 Ordering at a Bakery

💡 Use I'd like... for a polite way to order something.

I'd like a loaf of bread, please.
🇪🇸 Quisiera una barra de pan, por favor.
🇫🇷 Je voudrais une baguette, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 Ich hätte gerne ein Laib Brot, bitte.
🇮🇹 Vorrei un filone di pane, per favore.
🇵🇹 Queria um pão, por favor.


I'd like two croissants, please.
🇪🇸 Quisiera dos cruasanes, por favor.
🇫🇷 Je voudrais deux croissants, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 Ich hätte gerne zwei Croissants, bitte.
🇮🇹 Vorrei due cornetti, per favore.
🇵🇹 Queria dois croissants, por favor.
💡 Use What's in...? or Does it have...? to ask what ingredients or fillings something contains.

What's in this cake?
🇪🇸 ¿Qué tiene este pastel?
🇫🇷 Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans ce gâteau ?
🇩🇪 Was ist in diesem Kuchen?
🇮🇹 Cosa c'è in questa torta?
🇵🇹 O que tem este bolo?


Does it have chocolate?
🇪🇸 ¿Tiene chocolate?
🇫🇷 Est-ce qu'il y a du chocolat ?
🇩🇪 Hat er Schokolade?
🇮🇹 Ha il cioccolato?
🇵🇹 Tem chocolate?
💡 Use freshly baked to describe something that has just been baked.

The bread is freshly baked.
🇪🇸 El pan está recién horneado.
🇫🇷 Le pain est fraîchement sorti du four.
🇩🇪 Das Brot ist frisch gebacken.
🇮🇹 Il pane è appena sfornato.
🇵🇹 O pão está recém-assado.


These cookies are freshly baked.
🇪🇸 Estas galletas están recién horneadas.
🇫🇷 Ces biscuits sont fraîchement sortis du four.
🇩🇪 Diese Kekse sind frisch gebacken.
🇮🇹 Questi biscotti sono appena sfornati.
🇵🇹 Estas bolachas estão recém-assadas.

❓ Useful Bakery Questions

🍞 What type of bread do you recommend?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Qué tipo de pan recomienda?
🇫🇷 French: Quel type de pain recommandez-vous ?
🇩🇪 German: Welche Brotsorte empfehlen Sie?
🇮🇹 Italian: Che tipo di pane consiglia?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Que tipo de pão recomenda?
🔥 What is freshly baked?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Qué está recién horneado?
🇫🇷 French: Qu'est-ce qui est fraîchement sorti du four ?
🇩🇪 German: Was ist frisch gebacken?
🇮🇹 Italian: Cosa è appena sfornato?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: O que está recém-assado?
🎂 Do you make cakes to order?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Hacen pasteles por encargo?
🇫🇷 French: Faites-vous des gâteaux sur commande ?
🇩🇪 German: Machen Sie Torten auf Bestellung?
🇮🇹 Italian: Fate torte su ordinazione?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Fazem bolos por encomenda?
🍫 Does this cake contain chocolate?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Este pastel lleva chocolate?
🇫🇷 French: Ce gâteau contient-il du chocolat ?
🇩🇪 German: Enthält dieser Kuchen Schokolade?
🇮🇹 Italian: Questa torta contiene cioccolato?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Este bolo tem chocolate?
🌾 Do you have whole wheat bread?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Tienen pan integral?
🇫🇷 French: Avez-vous du pain complet ?
🇩🇪 German: Haben Sie Vollkornbrot?
🇮🇹 Italian: Avete pane integrale?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Têm pão integral?
🥐 Can you give me four croissants, please?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Me puede dar cuatro cruasanes, por favor?
🇫🇷 French: Pouvez-vous me donner quatre croissants, s'il vous plaît ?
🇩🇪 German: Können Sie mir bitte vier Croissants geben?
🇮🇹 Italian: Mi può dare quattro cornetti, per favore?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pode dar-me quatro croissants, por favor?

💬 Common Bakery Phrases

🍞 I'd like a loaf of freshly baked bread, please.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Quisiera una barra de pan recién horneado, por favor.
🇫🇷 French: Je voudrais une baguette fraîchement sortie du four, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 German: Ich hätte gerne ein frisch gebackenes Laib Brot, bitte.
🇮🇹 Italian: Vorrei un filone di pane appena sfornato, per favore.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Queria um pão recém-assado, por favor.
🥐 I'll take two croissants and four cookies.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Voy a llevar dos cruasanes y cuatro galletas.
🇫🇷 French: Je vais prendre deux croissants et quatre biscuits.
🇩🇪 German: Ich nehme zwei Croissants und vier Kekse.
🇮🇹 Italian: Prendo due cornetti e quattro biscotti.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Vou levar dois croissants e quatro bolachas.
🎂 I need to order a birthday cake for Saturday.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Necesito encargar un pastel de cumpleaños para el sábado.
🇫🇷 French: J'ai besoin de commander un gâteau d'anniversaire pour samedi.
🇩🇪 German: Ich muss eine Geburtstagstorte für Samstag bestellen.
🇮🇹 Italian: Devo ordinare una torta di compleanno per sabato.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Preciso de encomendar um bolo de aniversário para sábado.
🍰 Everything looks delicious, but I don't know what to choose.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Todo se ve delicioso, pero no sé qué elegir.
🇫🇷 French: Tout a l'air délicieux, mais je ne sais pas quoi choisir.
🇩🇪 German: Alles sieht lecker aus, aber ich weiß nicht, was ich wählen soll.
🇮🇹 Italian: Tutto sembra delizioso, ma non so cosa scegliere.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Tudo parece delicioso, mas não sei o que escolher.

💬 Everyday Conversations

Buying fresh bread

A: Good morning. What type of bread is freshly baked?
B: We just took these loaves of bread out of the oven.
A: Perfect. I'd like two, please.

🇪🇸 A: Buenos días. ¿Qué tipo de pan está recién horneado?
B: Acabamos de sacar estas barras de pan del horno.
A: Perfecto. Quisiera dos, por favor.

🇫🇷 A: Bonjour. Quel type de pain est fraîchement sorti du four ?
B: Nous venons de sortir ces baguettes du four.
A: Parfait. J'en voudrais deux, s'il vous plaît.

🇩🇪 A: Guten Morgen. Welche Brotsorte ist frisch gebacken?
B: Wir haben diese Laibe gerade aus dem Ofen genommen.
A: Perfekt. Ich hätte gerne zwei, bitte.

🇮🇹 A: Buongiorno. Che tipo di pane è appena sfornato?
B: Abbiamo appena tirato fuori questi filoni dal forno.
A: Perfetto. Ne vorrei due, per favore.

🇵🇹 A: Bom dia. Que tipo de pão está recém-assado?
B: Acabámos de tirar estes pães do forno.
A: Perfeito. Queria dois, por favor.
Ordering a birthday cake

A: I'd like to order a birthday cake for Saturday.
B: Of course. What flavor would you like?
A: Chocolate with strawberries, please.

🇪🇸 A: Quisiera encargar un pastel de cumpleaños para el sábado.
B: Claro. ¿De qué sabor lo quiere?
A: De chocolate con fresas, por favor.

🇫🇷 A: Je voudrais commander un gâteau d'anniversaire pour samedi.
B: Bien sûr. Quel parfum voulez-vous ?
A: Au chocolat avec des fraises, s'il vous plaît.

🇩🇪 A: Ich möchte eine Geburtstagstorte für Samstag bestellen.
B: Natürlich. Welchen Geschmack möchten Sie?
A: Schokolade mit Erdbeeren, bitte.

🇮🇹 A: Vorrei ordinare una torta di compleanno per sabato.
B: Certo. Di che gusto la vuole?
A: Al cioccolato con fragole, per favore.

🇵🇹 A: Queria encomendar um bolo de aniversário para sábado.
B: Claro. De que sabor o quer?
A: De chocolate com morangos, por favor.

📝 Example Sentences

🍪 The cookies were freshly baked and were still warm when we bought them.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Las galletas estaban recién horneadas y todavía estaban calientes cuando las compramos.
🇫🇷 French: Les biscuits étaient fraîchement sortis du four et étaient encore chauds quand nous les avons achetés.
🇩🇪 German: Die Kekse waren frisch gebacken und noch warm, als wir sie gekauft haben.
🇮🇹 Italian: I biscotti erano appena sfornati e erano ancora caldi quando li abbiamo comprati.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: As bolachas estavam recém-assadas e ainda estavam quentes quando as comprámos.
🥖 I bought two loaves of crusty bread to go with dinner.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Compré dos barras de pan crujiente para acompañar la cena.
🇫🇷 French: J'ai acheté deux baguettes croustillantes pour accompagner le dîner.
🇩🇪 German: Ich habe zwei knusprige Brote gekauft, um sie zum Abendessen zu servieren.
🇮🇹 Italian: Ho comprato due filoni di pane croccante per accompagnare la cena.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Comprei dois pães crocantes para acompanhar o jantar.
🥐 The bakery prepares fresh croissants every morning.

🇪🇸 Spanish: La panadería prepara cruasanes frescos todas las mañanas.
🇫🇷 French: La boulangerie prépare des croissants frais tous les matins.
🇩🇪 German: Die Bäckerei bereitet jeden Morgen frische Croissants zu.
🇮🇹 Italian: La panetteria prepara cornetti freschi ogni mattina.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: A padaria prepara croissants frescos todas as manhãs.
🎂 We ordered a chocolate cake to celebrate my sister's birthday.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Encargamos un pastel de chocolate para celebrar el cumpleaños de mi hermana.
🇫🇷 French: Nous avons commandé un gâteau au chocolat pour célébrer l'anniversaire de ma sœur.
🇩🇪 German: Wir haben einen Schokoladenkuchen bestellt, um den Geburtstag meiner Schwester zu feiern.
🇮🇹 Italian: Abbiamo ordinato una torta al cioccolato per festeggiare il compleanno di mia sorella.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Encomendámos um bolo de chocolate para celebrar o aniversário da minha irmã.
🌾 I asked if they had whole wheat bread because I wanted something different from white bread.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Pregunté si tenían pan integral porque quería algo diferente del pan blanco.
🇫🇷 French: J'ai demandé s'ils avaient du pain complet parce que je voulais quelque chose de différent du pain blanc.
🇩🇪 German: Ich habe gefragt, ob sie Vollkornbrot haben, weil ich etwas anderes als Weißbrot wollte.
🇮🇹 Italian: Ho chiesto se avevano pane integrale perché volevo qualcosa di diverso dal pane bianco.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Perguntei se tinham pão integral porque queria algo diferente do pão branco.
🍰 There were so many different cakes and sweets that it took us several minutes to decide what to order.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Había tantos pasteles y dulces diferentes que tardamos varios minutos en decidir qué pedir.
🇫🇷 French: Il y avait tellement de gâteaux et de sucreries différents que nous avons mis plusieurs minutes à décider quoi commander.
🇩🇪 German: Es gab so viele verschiedene Kuchen und Süßigkeiten, dass wir mehrere Minuten gebraucht haben, um zu entscheiden, was wir bestellen.
🇮🇹 Italian: C'erano così tante torte e dolci diversi che ci sono voluti diversi minuti per decidere cosa ordinare.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Havia tantos bolos e doces diferentes que demorámos vários minutos a decidir o que pedir.

🏆 Final Practice

Try saying each English phrase before pressing play.

  • I'd like a loaf of bread, please.
  • What is freshly baked?
  • Do you have whole wheat bread?
  • I'll take two croissants.
  • Do you make cakes to order?
  • I'd like to order a birthday cake.