Iberian Romance seafood comparison

Seafood in Different Iberian Romance Languages

Q: How do you say octopus in Portuguese and Galician?

In Portuguese, octopus is polvo. In Galician, it is polbo.

Q: Which seafood word is the same across the whole table?

Gamba, meaning prawn, appears in the same form across Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Spanish, Catalan and Llanito in this table.

Compare how to say anchovy, clam, octopus, prawn, salmon, squid, swordfish, tope shark and tuna across English, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Spanish, Catalan and Llanito. Use the language pills, filter, table/cards view and 2-column mode to explore patterns and similarities.

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This page compares seafood vocabulary in English, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Spanish, Catalan and Llanito.

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🦐 Seafood vocabulary in Iberian Romance languages

English	Portuguese	Galician	Asturian	Spanish	Catalan	Llanito
anchovy	biqueirão / anchova	bocareu / anchoa	bocarte / anchoa	boquerón / anchoa	aladroc / anxova	vokeròn / anxova
clam	amêijoa	ameixa	amasuela	almeja	cloïssa	armeha
octopus	polvo	polbo	pulpu	pulpo	pop	purpo
prawn	gamba	gamba	gamba	gamba	gamba	gamba
salmon	salmão	salmón	salmón	salmón	salmó	sarmòn
squid	lula	lura	calamar	calamar	calamar	karamà
swordfish	espadarte	espadarte	pexe espada	pez espada	peix espasa	pedêpà / pexupà
tope shark	cação	cazón	cazón	cazón	caçó	kasòn
tuna	atum	atún	atún	atún	tonyina	atùn

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✧ Patterns to notice

Very stable forms Gamba stays the same across all six compared language columns, making it one of the easiest forms to recognise.

Portuguese-Galician links Portuguese and Galician are especially close in forms such as espadarte and in the wider seafood vocabulary pattern.

Spanish, Asturian and Galician overlap Forms such as salmón, cazón and atún show strong similarities across several Iberian Romance varieties.

Llanito sound spellings Llanito forms such as vokeròn, karamà, kasòn and atùn show how Spanish-based vocabulary can be written with local pronunciation in mind.

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9 seafood rowsAnchovy, clam, octopus, prawn, salmon, squid, swordfish, tope shark and tuna.

7 columnsEnglish plus Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Spanish, Catalan and Llanito.

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? Iberian Romance seafood FAQ

What does this page compare?

It compares seafood vocabulary in English, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Spanish, Catalan and Llanito.

How do you say octopus in Portuguese and Galician?

In Portuguese, octopus is polvo. In Galician, it is polbo.

Which seafood word is the same across the whole table?

Gamba, meaning prawn, appears in the same form across Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Spanish, Catalan and Llanito in this table.

How do you say tuna in Catalan?

In Catalan, tuna is tonyina.

Why include Llanito?

Llanito adds a Gibraltar perspective to the comparison and shows local forms such as vokeròn, karamà, kasòn and atùn.