🍳 Kitchen
In this section you will learn how to talk about the kitchen and related items in Spanish.
🟢 Basic Kitchen Vocabulary
🍳 Kitchen → Cocina
🍽️ Plate → Plato
🥄 Spoon → Cuchara
🔪 Knife → Cuchillo
🍴 Fork → Tenedor
🥤 Cup → Taza
🟡 Cooking & Food Preparation
🔥 Stove → Estufa
🧊 Refrigerator → Refrigerador
🍲 Pot → Olla
🍳 Pan → Sartén
🧂 Salt → Sal
🥛 Milk → Leche
👕 Gender Agreement Tip
Kitchen items have gender: la cuchara (f), el cuchillo (m), la olla (f)
Adjectives must match: El plato es grande / La taza es pequeña.
🔴 Advanced Kitchen Notes
🍳 Kitchen vocabulary is essential for cooking, shopping, and talking about daily routines.
🛒 These words are very common when shopping for groceries or describing meals.
👨🍳 Spanish speakers often talk about kitchen items while cooking or sharing recipes.
🌮 Kitchen vocabulary frequently appears in conversations about food and family life.
💬 Common Kitchen Phrases
🍳 La cocina está muy limpia hoy.
The kitchen is very clean today.
The kitchen is very clean today.
🥛 Necesitamos comprar leche.
We need to buy milk.
We need to buy milk.
🍲 La sopa está caliente en la olla.
The soup is hot in the pot.
The soup is hot in the pot.
🍽️ Pon los platos en la mesa, por favor.
Put the plates on the table, please.
Put the plates on the table, please.
💬 Sample Conversations
In the kitchen:
A: ¿Dónde está el cuchillo?
B: Está en el cajón de la derecha.
A: ¿Dónde está el cuchillo?
B: Está en el cajón de la derecha.
Cooking:
A: ¿Quieres sal en la sopa?
B: Sí, un poco por favor.
A: ¿Quieres sal en la sopa?
B: Sí, un poco por favor.
📝 Example Sentences
🔥 La estufa está encendida.
The stove is on.
The stove is on.
🧊 La leche está en el refrigerador.
The milk is in the refrigerator.
The milk is in the refrigerator.
🥄 Uso una cuchara para servir la sopa.
I use a spoon to serve the soup.
I use a spoon to serve the soup.
🧂 La comida necesita un poco más de sal.
The food needs a bit more salt.
The food needs a bit more salt.