To cook in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: co-ci-NAR

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cocinar info.

Tips to remember the word “cocinar”:
– It sounds similar to “cooking” by replacing the ‘k’ sound with ‘c’ and adding ‘nar’ at the end.
– Think of a “cuisine” (which is related to cooking) and add “ar”, as many Spanish verbs end with these letters.

Explanations:
– “Cocinar” is a regular Spanish verb that means “to cook.”
– It is in the infinitive form, which means it is not conjugated for a subject or a tense yet.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Preparar la comida” (which can also mean “to prepare the food”).
– “Hacer de comer” (a more casual way to say “to make something to eat”).

Infinitive: cocinar (to cook)

Conjugations:
– Present indicative:
– yo cocino (I cook)
– tú cocinas (you cook, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted cocina (he/she cooks, you formal)
– nosotros/nosotras cocinamos (we cook)
– vosotros/vosotras cocináis (you all cook, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cocinan (they cook, you all formal)

– Preterite (simple past):
– yo cociné (I cooked)
– tú cocinaste (you cooked, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted cocinó (he/she cooked, you formal)
– nosotros/nosotras cocinamos (we cooked)
– vosotros/vosotras cocinasteis (you all cooked, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cocinaron (they cooked, you all formal)

– Imperfect (past):
– yo cocinaba (I used to cook)
– tú cocinabas (you used to cook, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted cocinaba (he/she used to cook, you formal)
– nosotros/nosotras cocinábamos (we used to cook)
– vosotros/vosotras cocinabais (you all used to cook, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cocinaban (they used to cook, you all formal)

– Future:
– yo cocinaré (I will cook)
– tú cocinarás (you will cook, singular informal)
– él/ella/usted cocinará (he/she will cook, you formal)
– nosotros/nosotras cocinaremos (we will cook)
– vosotros/vosotras cocinaréis (you all will cook, plural informal in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cocinarán (they will cook, you all formal)

Examples of sentences that use “cocinar”:
– Me gusta cocinar para mi familia. (I like to cook for my family.)
– Ayer cociné paella para mis amigos. (Yesterday I cooked paella for my friends.)
– Cuando era niño, cocinaba con mi abuela. (When I was a child, I used to cook with my grandmother.)
– Este fin de semana cocinaré un pastel de chocolate. (This weekend I will cook a chocolate cake.)

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