Food vocabulary words in Shona and English - Common Shona Vocabulary

Learn common Shona vocabulary with this English-to-Shona list of Food vocabulary words. Essential for daily conversations, this will help to build your Shona language skills through popular words and play Shona quizzes and also play picture vocabulary, play some games so you do get not bored. If you think too hard to learn the Shona language, then the 1000 most common Shona words will help you to learn the Shona language easily, they contain 2-letter words to 13-letter words. The below table gives the translation of Food vocabulary words in Shona.

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List of Food vocabulary words in Shona with English Pronunciation

Learn Food in Shona, along with their English pronunciation. This vocabulary guide helps beginners and language enthusiasts expand their Shona vocabulary for daily conversations.

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

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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

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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