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What is the difference between φαγητό and τροφή? It seems they both mean food, so I'm wondering in which context each of them should be used? Thanks! :)
Φαγητό is more informal and implies that something has been cooked:
- Δεν μου αρέσει το φαγητό = I don't like the food
- Φάε το φαγητό σου = Eat your food (a mother to a child)
Τροφή is more formal and doesn't imply having been cooked:
- σούπερ τροφές = super foods
- Οι οργανισμοί στα οικοσυστήματα ανταγωνίζονται για την τροφή = The organisms in ecosystems compete for food (maybe the translation here was unnecessary :) )
Personally I've never heard "σούπερ τροφές". "Υπερτροφές" is the correct and natural term.
Somehow I'm familiar with both terms, but I guess you are right, it seems more correct and even Google search yields more that 1.5 times the results for υπερτροφές than for σούπερ τροφές.
The point still stands that τροφή and not φαγητό is used for this concept.
σούπερ is the direct translation of the english "super". Is an anglo word that appears in all languages
Is τροφή has the same meaning as τροφιμα? If yes waht is the difference?
Τροφή is food, nourishment. Τρόφιμα means comestibles, ie "food items".
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What is the difference between φαγητό and τροφή? Are they just two ways of saying food?
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Could this also translate as "We have no food," which means the same thing?
I understand that the verb to have can also form the interrogative and negative form without the auxiliary to do, being an auxiliary verb itself. We have not food should be acceptable.
The correct translations are: We don't have food, We haven't got food, We have (got) no food.
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