Cooking · Cocina
13 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. In the kitchen.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | to cook | cocinar | 🔗 Word familyla cocina (kitchen), el cocinero (cook). |
 | recipe | la receta | Also a doctor's prescription; false friend of 'receipt' (that's el recibo). |
 | ingredient | el ingrediente | Direct cognate; stress falls on -dien-: ingreDIENte. |
 | pot | la olla | Pronounced 'OH-ya' (ll = y); olla a presión = pressure cooker. |
 | frying pan | la sartén | 🌎 Regionla sartén in Spain; el sartén is common in parts of Latin America. |
 | oven | el horno | Silent h: 'OR-no'. 🔗 Word familyhornear (to bake). |
 | to cut | cortar | Also 'to cut off / hang up' (a call); cortarse el pelo = to get a haircut. |
 | to fry | freír | Irregular (e→i: frío); the participle frito survives in papas fritas. |
 | to boil | hervir | Silent h; stem-changing e→ie: el agua hierve. |
 | salt | la sal | 🔗 Word familysalado (salty), la ensalada (salad). |
 | oil | el aceite | Any oil, from Arabic az-zayt; olive oil: el aceite de oliva; butter: la mantequilla. |
 | flour | la harina | Silent h: 'ah-REE-na'. |
 | flavor | el sabor | 🔗 Word familysaber (to know; also 'to taste'); English 'savor' is a cognate. |