bake

hornear

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bake(

beyk

)

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

transitive verb

1. (to cook in the oven)

a. hornear

Have you been to this sandwich joint before? They bake their own bread, and it's delicious.¿Has venido a este lugar de sándwiches antes? Hornean su propio pan, y les queda delicioso.

We baked a chocolate cake for his birthday.Horneamos un pastel de chocolate para su cumpleaños.

2. (to heat in an oven)

a. cocer

We're going to bake the clay mugs overnight.Vamos a cocer las tazas de arcilla durante la noche.

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

intransitive verb

3. (to be cooked in the oven)

a. hornearse

The cake is baking; it should be ready soon.El pastel se está horneando; estará listo dentro de poco.

4. (to cook in the oven)

a. hacer pasteles o pan en el horno

There's nothing that relaxes me so much as baking.No hay nada que me relaje tanto como hacer pasteles o pan en el horno.

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

(colloquial)

(to be really hot)

a. asarse

We are baking with the windows closed!¡Nos estamos asando con las ventanas cerradas!

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

noun

6. (culinary) (United Kingdom)

a. el platillo al horno

(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)

I always order bakes at restaurants.Siempre pido platillos al horno en los restaurantes.

bake

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

transitive verb

1. (bread, cake)

a. cocer (al horno), hornear

2. (potatoes)

a. asar

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

intransitive verb

3. (food)