Spanish Word of the Day
Saturday, July 21, 2012
cocer
verb: to cook
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La cocina is the word for kitchen, and cocer is one of the things that happens in the cocina. It generally means to cook a particular food. It’s often used in the past participle.
Las zanahorias no están
cocidas todavía. The carrots aren’t cooked yet.jamoncocido cooked ham -
Cocer is also often used in the reflexive form, cocerse:
Las zanahorias no están
cocidas todavía. The carrots aren’t cooked yet.jamoncocido cooked hamTarda diez minutos encocerse . It takes ten minutes to cook. -
And it appears in a common proverbial phrase, when you want to express the idea that people are the same, despite living in different parts of the world:
Las zanahorias no están
cocidas todavía. The carrots aren’t cooked yet.jamoncocido cooked hamTarda diez minutos encocerse . It takes ten minutes to cook.En todas partescuecen habas. It’s the same the whole world over|Explanation| (word for word: ‘They cook broad beans everywhere’). |noitanalpxE|
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