Las almendras también van bien con una ensalada de frutas.

Spanish uses definite articles (el, la, los, las) much more often than English, especially when talking about things in general.

• Las almendras = Almonds (in general)
  
  • Las almendras también van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
    → Almonds also go well with a fruit salad.

Using “las” doesn’t mean the specific almonds right here; it usually means the general category of almonds.

Compare:

• Me gustan las almendras. = I like almonds. (in general)
• Me comí las almendras. = I ate the almonds. (specific almonds we both know about)

Context tells you if it’s general or specific; here it’s clearly general.

Grammatically you can say it, but it sounds odd and unnatural in standard Spanish.

For a general statement like this, Spanish almost always uses the definite article:

• ✔ Las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
• ✘ Almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas. (sounds incomplete / off)

You might see bare plurals (without articles) in:

• Headlines / lists / recipes:
  
  • Ingredientes: almendras, azúcar, leche…
• Some fixed expressions:
  
  • Vendo carros usados. = I sell used cars.

But in a normal sentence like yours, you should keep “las almendras”.

Here “van bien” comes from the verb ir (to go), used in the idiomatic expression “ir bien con”:

• ir bien con algo/alguien = to go well with / to match / to suit

So:

• Las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
  = Almonds go well with a fruit salad.

This is very common with:

• Food & drink:
  
  • El vino tinto va bien con la carne roja.
• Clothing / colors:
  
  • Ese pantalón va bien con esa camisa.
• Ideas / situations:
  
  • Tu propuesta va bien con lo que necesitamos.

If you said “Las almendras son buenas con una ensalada de frutas”, it would sound unnatural; we don’t usually describe that “X is good with Y” in Spanish. We say “ir bien con”.

The verb must agree with the subject in number:

• Subject: Las almendras → they (plural)
• Verb: ir (to go) → van (3rd person plural, present)

Conjugation (present indicative of ir):

• yo voy
• tú vas
• él / ella / usted va
• nosotros vamos
• ustedes / ellos / ellas van

So:

• La almendra va bien… (singular: the almond goes well…)
• Las almendras van bien… (plural: the almonds go well…)

Yes, but each option has a slightly different tone:

1. ir bien con

   • Most neutral/natural choice for food combinations.
   • Las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas.

2. quedar bien con

   • Often used for clothes, colors, styles, also for food but a bit less typical.
   • Las almendras quedan bien en una ensalada de frutas.
     (Almonds work/look good in a fruit salad.)

3. combinar bien con

   • Literally “to combine well with” → can sound a bit more technical or chef-like with food.
   • Las almendras combinan bien con la ensalada de frutas.

All three are understandable. For everyday speech about food, “van bien con” is the most natural, especially in Latin America.

“también” = also / too / as well.

It usually goes before the verb or before the phrase it modifies:

• Las almendras también van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
  → Almonds also go well with a fruit salad.
  (Maybe something else goes well too, and almonds are another option.)

You can move también a bit:

1. También las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas.

   • More emphasis on “almonds”: Almonds also go well…

2. Las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas también.

   • Possible, but more common in speech; “también” feels tacked on at the end.

The most neutral and common position is the original:
Las almendras también van bien…

Different prepositions, different ideas:

• con = with → combination or accompaniment

  • Las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
    → Almonds go well with a fruit salad. (as a pairing)

• en = in / inside / on → location / inclusion

  • Las almendras van bien en una ensalada de frutas.
    → Almonds work well in a fruit salad. (as an ingredient inside it)

Both can be used, but they focus on different things:

• con: the pairing of two separate items (almonds + salad)
• en: almonds as part of the salad itself

Your original sentence chooses con to talk about the combination or pairing.

Because “ensalada” is a feminine noun in Spanish:

• la ensalada (the salad)
• una ensalada (a salad)

Articles must agree in gender and number with the noun:

• la ensalada / las ensaladas
• una ensalada / unas ensaladas

So:

• ✔ una ensalada de frutas
• ✘ un ensalada de frutas (wrong gender agreement)

The standard, most common expression for “fruit salad” in Latin American Spanish is:

• ensalada de frutas (literally: salad of fruits)

The plural “frutas” suggests a mix of different fruits, which is what a fruit salad usually is.

You can sometimes hear “ensalada de fruta” (singular), especially regionally, but:

• ensalada de frutas → safest, most neutral choice
• ensalada de fruta → heard in some areas, but less standard; might sound a bit regional or less usual in some countries

Other common equivalents in Latin America:

• ensalada de frutas
• cóctel de frutas / coctel de frutas (fruit cocktail)

For learning purposes, stick with “ensalada de frutas.”

Yes. “de” often works like English “of” or like a noun modifier in English.

In ensalada de frutas:

• ensalada = head noun (salad)
• de frutas = phrase that describes what kind of salad

Common similar structures:

• sándwich de pollo = chicken sandwich
• jugo de naranja = orange juice
• pastel de chocolate = chocolate cake

So “ensalada de frutas” literally is “salad of fruits”, which we translate as “fruit salad.”

Place “no” directly before the verb:

• Affirmative:
  
  • Las almendras van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
• Negative:
  
  • Las almendras no van bien con una ensalada de frutas.
    → Almonds don’t go well with a fruit salad.

In general:
[Subject] + no + [verb] + …

Yes, it’s a regular plural.

For most nouns ending in a vowel:

• add -s to make the plural.

So:

• la almendra → las almendras
• la manzana → las manzanas
• el tomate → los tomates

Gender doesn’t change in the plural:

• feminine: la almendra / las almendras
• masculine: el plátano / los plátanos

Approximate pronunciation (Latin American):

• almendras → ahl-MEN-drahs

  • al: like “ahl”
  • men: like “men” in English
  • dras: “drahs” (trilled or tapped r)

• ensalada de frutas → en-sah-LAH-dah deh FROO-tahs

  • en: like “en” in “enter”
  • sa: “sah”
  • la: “lah”
  • da: “dah”
  • de: “deh”
  • fru: “froo” (like “fruit” without the t)
  • tas: “tahs”

Stress:

• al-MEN-dras (stress on MEN)
• en-sa-LA-da (stress on LA)
• FRU-tas (stress on FRU)