πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ Cooking Verbs

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Cooking verbs help you talk about preparing food, recipes, kitchens, meals, restaurants, baking, and everyday Spanish cooking conversations.

🟒 Basic Cooking Verbs

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ To cook β€” Cocinar
koh-see-nahr
🍴 To eat β€” Comer
koh-mehr
πŸ”ͺ To cut β€” Cortar
kohr-tahr
πŸ₯„ To mix β€” Mezclar
mehs-klahr
πŸ”₯ To fry β€” FreΓ­r
freh-eer
🍲 To boil β€” Hervir
ehr-beer

🟑 Kitchen & Recipe Actions

πŸ§‚ To add β€” Agregar
ah-greh-gahr
🍞 To bake β€” Hornear
ohr-neh-ahr
πŸ₯© To grill β€” Asar
ah-sahr
πŸ₯— To prepare β€” Preparar
preh-pah-rahr
🧈 To melt β€” Derretir
deh-rreh-teer
πŸ₯„ To stir β€” Revolver
rreh-bohl-behr

πŸ”΄ Advanced Cooking Verb Notes

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ Cooking verbs are essential for recipes, kitchens, restaurants, and daily conversations.
πŸ“– Recipe instructions commonly use action verbs in Spanish.
🍳 Cooking vocabulary is often combined with ingredients, meals, and kitchen vocabulary.
🌎 Spanish-speaking countries may use different cooking terms for regional dishes and methods.

πŸ’¬ Common Cooking Phrases

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ Me gusta cocinar.
I like to cook.
πŸ”ͺ Corta las verduras.
Cut the vegetables.
🍲 La sopa hierve.
The soup is boiling.
🍞 Voy a hornear pan.
I am going to bake bread.

πŸ“ Example Sentences

πŸ₯„ Mezcla los ingredientes.
Mix the ingredients.
πŸ”₯ FrΓ­e el pollo en la sartΓ©n.
Fry the chicken in the pan.
πŸ§‚ Agrega mΓ‘s sal.
Add more salt.
πŸ₯— Preparamos la cena juntos.
We prepare dinner together.

🧠 Quick Practice

1️⃣ Translate into Spanish:

🍞 To bake β†’ __________
2️⃣ Fill in the blank:

πŸ₯„ ________ los ingredientes.
3️⃣ Match the cooking verb:

πŸ”₯ FreΓ­r β†’ ?
πŸ”ͺ Cortar β†’ ?
🍲 Hervir β†’ ?
βœ… Answers

1️⃣ Hornear
2️⃣ Mezcla
3️⃣ To fry / To cut / To boil