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"He cooks" is a form of "he cooks", a phrase which is often translated as "cocina". "Cook" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "cocinar". Learn more about the difference between "cook" and "he cooks" below.
cook(
kook
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (culinary)
2. (colloquial) (to falsify)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. amañar
The accountant cooked the company's books.El contable amañó la contabilidad de la empresa.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (culinary)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
5. (profession)
a. el cocinero (M), la cocinera (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Her aunt is an excellent cook.Su tía es una cocinera excelente.