cook

cocinar

cook(

kook

)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (culinary)

a. cocinar

How are you going to cook the turkey?¿Cómo vas a cocinar el pavo?

b. preparar

Mom is cooking my favorite dish.Mamá está preparando mi plato favorito.

c. guisar

Would you cook the beans for dinner?¿Podrías guisar los frijoles para la cena?

d. hacer

I will cook lunch today if you cook dinner.Yo haré la comida hoy si tú haces la cena.

2.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to falsify)

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.).

intransitive verb

3. (culinary)

a. cocinar

I can cook if I have to, but I don't enjoy it.Puedo cocinar si no me queda otro remedio, pero no me gusta.

b. guisar

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

When we were first married, my husband did not know how to cook.Cuándo nos casamos, mi marido no sabía guisar.

4. (to become prepared)

a. cocinarse

Set the table while the stew cooks.Pon la mesa mientras se cocina el guiso.

b. cocerse

The meat has to cook for 20 minutes.La carne tiene que cocerse 20 minutos.

c. hacerse

The soup is cooking on the stove.La sopa se está haciendo sobre la cocina.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

5. (profession)

a. el cocinero

(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).

(M)

, la cocinera

(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).

(F)

Her aunt is an excellent cook.Su tía es una cocinera excelente.

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cook

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el cocinero(a)

(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).

(M)

la cocinero(a)

(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).

(F)

2. (prov)

a.

too many cooks spoil the brothes difícil obtener un buen resultado cuando hay demasiadas personas trabajando en lo mismo

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (prepare; meal, dish, dinner)

a. preparar

4. (boil, bake, fry)

a. guisar, cocinar

5. (colloquial)

a.

to cook the booksfalsificar las cuentas

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

6. (person)

a. cocinar

7. (food)

a. cocinarse, hacerse

8. (colloquial)

a.

what's cooking?¿qué se cuece por aquí?

cook [kʊk]

noun

cocineroacocinera (m) (f);a cocinera

too many cooks spoil the broth demasiadas cocineras estropean el caldo

transitive verb

1 (Cookery) [+rice, vegetables] cocinar; guisar; (boil) cocer; (grill) asar (a la parrilla); (fry) freír

to cook a meal preparar or hacer una comida

to cook sb's goose hacer la pascua a algn

2 (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

intransitive verb

1 [+food] cocinarse; cocer

what's cooking? ¿qué se guisa?; ¿qué pasa?

2 [+person] cocinar; guisar; especially (LAm)

can you cook? ¿sabes cocinar?

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Participles

Present:	cooking
Past:	cooked

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	cook	cooked	will cook
you	cook	cooked	will cook
he/she	cooks	cooked	will cook
we	cook	cooked	will cook
you	cook	cooked	will cook
they	cook	cooked	will cook

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I like to cook	me gusta cocinar
she likes to cook	a ella le gusta cocinar
cook dinner	cocinar la cena cocina la cena
I know how to cook	sé cocinar
how to cook	cómo cocinar
cook food	preparar la comida
my mom likes to cook	a mi mamá le gusta cocinar
I love to cook	me encanta cocinar
good cook	buen cocinero
do you like to cook	te gusta cocinar
can you cook	puedes cocinar
Do you cook?	¿Cocinas?
do you know how to cook	sabes cómo cocinar
I can cook	sé cocinar
I will cook	cocinaré
she is a good cook	es una buena cocinera
cook the food	preparar la comida
cook it	cocinarlo
I cook fish	cocino pescado
I cook in the kitchen	cocino en la cocina