What's cooking?
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What's cooking?
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
1. (old-fashioned) (slang) (greeting) (United States)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. ¿Qué onda? (colloquial) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
What's cooking? - Not much. What's new?¿Qué onda? - No mucho. ¿Qué hubo?
b. ¿Qué pasa? (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
What's cooking? - Just chilling, man.¿Qué pasa? - Aquí de relax, mano.
2. (culinary)
a. ¿Qué estás cocinando? (informal) (singular)
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., How are you?).
Hey, honey. What's cooking? - Fried chicken.Hola, cariño. ¿Qué estás cocinando? - Pollo frito.
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