cook

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cocinar

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cook
[kʊk]
sustantivo
1cocinero(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino)
  • too many cooks spoil the broth (Prov) -> = es difícil obtener un buen resultado cuando hay demasiadas personas trabajando en lo mismo
verbo transitivo
2preparar (prepare) (meal, dish, dinner); guisar, cocinar (boil, bake, fry)
  • to cook the books (familiar) -> falsificar las cuentas
verbo intransitivo
3cocinar (person); cocinarse, hacerse (food)
  • what's cooking? (familiar) -> ¿qué se cuece por aquí?(what's happening?), ¿qué andan tramando por acá? (Am)

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cook [kuk]
1Cocinar, guisar, aderezar las vianda
sustantivo
2Hacer, preparar (food, meal).
3Falsificar, alterar para engañar, amañar (falsify/books, accounts).
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4Guisar, cocinar (prepare food); hacerse (become ready/food). (n)
va.
sustantivo
1Cocinero.
  • He’s a good cook -> cocina muy bien, es muy buen cocinero
  • Too many cooks spoil the broth -> muchas manos en un plato hacen mucho garabato
  • Cook’s shop -> bodegón
  • Cook-maid -> cocinera
  • Cook-room -> cocina; (Mar.) fogón de un buque

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cook [kʊk]
noun
cocineroacocinera;a cocinera (m) (f)
too many cooks spoil the broth demasiadas cocineras estropean el caldo
verb:transitive
1 (Cookery) [+rice, vegetables] cocinar; guisar; (boil) cocer; (grill) asar (a la parrilla); (fry) freír
to cook a meal preparar hacer una comida;or
to cook sb's goose (informal) hacer la pascua a algn
2 (informal) (falsify) [+accounts] falsificar
to cook the books amañar las cuentas
She knew that when the auditors looked over the books there would be no hiding the fact that she had cooked the books and 3 million pounds was missing
verb:intransitive
1 [+food] cocinarse; cocer
what's cooking? (informal) ¿qué se guisa?; ¿qué pasa?
2 [+person] cocinar; guisar; especially (LAm)
can you cook? ¿sabes cocinar?

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Verb Conjugation for "cook"

Imperative
  • cook
  • you cook
  • he/she cooks
  • we cook
  • you cook
  • they cook
Preterite
  • I cooked
  • you cooked
  • he/she cooked
  • we cooked
  • you cooked
  • they cooked
Present Continuous
  • I am cooking
  • you are cooking
  • he/she is cooking
  • we are cooking
  • you are cooking
  • they are cooking
Present Perfect
  • I have cooked
  • you have cooked
  • he/she has cooked
  • we have cooked
  • you have cooked
  • they have cooked
Past Continuous
  • I was cooking
  • you were cooking
  • he/she was cooking
  • we were cooking
  • you were cooking
  • they were cooking
Past Perfect
  • I had cooked
  • you had cooked
  • he/she had cooked
  • we had cooked
  • you had cooked
  • they had cooked
Future
  • I will cook
  • you will cook
  • he/she will cook
  • we will cook
  • you will cook
  • they will cook
Future Perfect
  • I will have cooked
  • you will have cooked
  • he/she will have cooked
  • we will have cooked
  • you will have cooked
  • they will have cooked
Future Continuous
  • I will be cooking
  • you will be cooking
  • he/she will be cooking
  • we will be cooking
  • you will be cooking
  • they will be cooking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been cooking
  • you have been cooking
  • he/she has been cooking
  • we have been cooking
  • you have been cooking
  • they have been cooking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been cooking
  • you will have been cooking
  • he/she will have been cooking
  • we will have been cooking
  • you will have been cooking
  • they will have been cooking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been cooking
  • you had been cooking
  • he/she had been cooking
  • we had been cooking
  • you had been cooking
  • they had been cooking
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