guisar

to cook

guisar(gee-sahr)

intransitive verb

1. (act of cooking)

(Spain)

a. to cook

A mi abuela le encantaba guisar para toda la familia los domingos.

My grandmother loved to cook for the whole family on Sundays.

transitive verb

2. (act of cooking)

(Spain)

a. to cook

Julián estuvo guisando la carne toda la mañana y aun así estaba dura.

Julian spent the whole morning cooking the meat and still it was hard.

b. to stew

La receta indicaba guisar las alcachofas con las patatas y las zanahorias.

The recipe said to stew artichokes with potatoes and carrots.

guisarse

pronominal verb

3.

(colloquial)

(to be going on)

a. to cook up

(colloquial)

Noté un ambiente raro en la reunión y pregunté a Marta que se estaba guisando.

I noticed a strained atmosphere at the meeting, so I asked Marta what they were cooking up.

guisar

pronominal verb

1. (colloquial)

a. to be cooking, to be going on

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guisar

transitive verb

1 (Culin) (cocinar) to cook; (en salsa) to stew

él se lo guisa, él se lo come he's made his bed, so he can lie in it

2 (tramar) to cook up (familiar)

¿qué estarán guisando? what can they be cooking up? (familiar)

intransitive verb

to cook

me paso el día guisando I spend the day cooking

pronominal verb

guisarse (tramarse)

¿qué se estará guisando en la asamblea? what are they cooking up in the meeting, I wonder? (familiar)