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"Cocina" is a form of "cocina", a noun which is often translated as "kitchen". "Lavar los platos" is an intransitive verb phrase which is often translated as "to wash the dishes". Learn more about the difference between "cocina" and "lavar los platos" below.
la cocina(
koh
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see
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nah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
b. range
Se puede controlar la temperatura mejor con una cocina de gas.You can control the temperature better on a gas range.
c. cooker (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
En esta cocina se pueden acomodar cuatro ollas grandes a la vez.You can get four big pots on this cooker at the same time.
3. (activity)
a. cooking
Me resulta difícil hacer dieta porque me encanta la cocina.I find dieting very difficult, because I love cooking.
b. cuisine
La pareja tomó un curso de alta cocina francesa.The couple did a French haute cuisine course.
c. cookery
Quiero un libro de cocina española para Navidad.I want a Spanish cookery book for Christmas.
lavar los platos(
lah
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bahr
lohs
plah
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tohs
)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (general)
a. to wash the dishes
Chicos, pueden jugar a los videojuegos cuando hayan lavado los platos.Kids, you can play your video games after you have washed the dishes.
b. to do the dishes
Si mi novia cocina, entonces yo lavo los platos.If my girlfriend cooks, then I do the dishes.
c. to do the washing-up (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿A quién le toca hoy lavar los platos?Whose turn is it to do the washing-up today?
d. to wash up (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Te compras un lavavajillas y te olvidas de tener que lavar los platos.Buy yourself a dishwasher and you can forget all about having to wash up.
