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Which meal is 'el desayuno'?

El desayuno is breakfast.

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  1. Breakfast ✔
  2. Lunch
  3. Dinner

Why: Desayuno is the first meal of the day, and desayunar is the verb. In FSI, breakfast is simply on the table: el desayuno está en la mesa.

Huh, didn't know that: Desayunar is des plus ayunar, to fast, so breakfast literally breaks a fast.

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Answer: Breakfast. Desayuno is the first meal of the day, and desayunar is the verb. In FSI, breakfast is simply on the table: el desayuno está en la mesa.

  1. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 2 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%202/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume2-StudentText.pdf
    the breakfast el desayuno
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 2 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%202/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume2-StudentText.pdf
    ¿No te has vestido todavía? El desayuno está en la mesa.
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  3. Wiktionary: desayunar (secondary check) en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desayunar
    From des- + ayunar ... to break a fast
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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