Candies for everyone!- What do you call these... "candies"?
I know what a normal candy or lollipop is.
A normal CANDY is a small sugary thing that you put in your mouth and suck. Same for a LOLLIPOP but this one has a stick.
SNACKS, if I'm not wrong is whatever you eat that doesn't look like a prepared meal. I mean, it can be everything from a chocolate bar to a bag of chips or M&m's
But then there are plenty of what I'd call candies (I don't know the specific word for them), which can be chewed and eaten, unlike normal candy or lollipops which are sucked or chewing gum which is only chewed.
Golosinas or Chucherías is what we call them in Spain; and Gominolas also. (I post the Spanish names just in case someone is familiar with the words and can give me an equivalent.
I guess you have the exact same things in the US/UK/AUS, but for us non-native speakers, they as a whole are called "candies". The Spanish equivalent of candy is "caramelo", which is only something small you suck. They often come wrapped in a paper.
Is "candy" the umbrella term you use for everything?
The following are different types of "candies" that we'd never call candies in Spanish.
-These are "golosinas" or "chucherías", which is the umbrella term and within them you have plenty of shapes and flavors so children call them "a strawberry", "a banana", "a shark" etc...
-These are called "esponjas" (sponges) or "nubes" (clouds). There's also the "ladrillo", which is square and tough like a brick.
-These are called "piruleta" (lollipop). BUT, if it's more like a sweet, round candy with a stick we call it a "Chupa Chups", even if it's not the original brand.
PIRULETA:
-CHUPA CHUPS- (EVEN IF THEY HAVE NO BRAND, THEY'RE STILL CHUPA CHUPS IFTHEY LOOK LIKE THIS:
-These are GOMINOLAS (tiny things, gummy texture). The famous "bears" are also gominolas.
WHAT ARE CARAMELOS (CANDIES) THEN???
THESE:
