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Food & Cooking Verbs in Spanish
Food is central to Spanish and Latin American culture, and these culinary verbs will take you from the kitchen to the restaurant table. Learn how to cook (cocinar), prepare (preparar), mix (mezclar), fry (freír), and taste (probar) — as well as how to order food, discuss flavours, and follow a recipe entirely in Spanish.
90 verbs in this category
All Food & Cooking verbs
- dar to giveConjugate →
- tomar to take / to drinkConjugate →
- producir to produceConjugate →
- pedir to ask for / to requestConjugate →
- servir to serveConjugate →
- gustar to like / to be pleasingConjugate →
- ofrecer to offerConjugate →
- partir to leave / to splitConjugate →
- traer to bringConjugate →
- comprar to buyConjugate →
- vender to sellConjugate →
- coger to take / to grabConjugate →
- comer to eatConjugate →
- beber to drinkConjugate →
- cortar to cutConjugate →
- preferir to preferConjugate →
- añadir to addConjugate →
- preparar to prepareConjugate →
- recoger to pick up / to collectConjugate →
- compartir to shareConjugate →
- cocinar to cookConjugate →
- adelgazar to lose weightConjugate →
- engordar to gain weightConjugate →
- pesar to weighConjugate →
- lavar to washConjugate →
- secar to dryConjugate →
- hornear to bakeConjugate →
- mezclar to mixConjugate →
- fregar to scrub / to wash (dishes)Conjugate →
- gastar to spend (money)Conjugate →
- guardar to keep / to save / to storeConjugate →
- invitar to inviteConjugate →
- cultivar to cultivate / to farmConjugate →
- sembrar to sow / to plantConjugate →
- cosechar to harvestConjugate →
- regar to water / to irrigateConjugate →
- plantar to plantConjugate →
- fertilizar to fertilizeConjugate →
- pescar to fishConjugate →
- cazar to huntConjugate →
- criar to raise / to breedConjugate →
- domesticar to domesticate / to tameConjugate →
- alimentar to feed / to nourishConjugate →
- distribuir to distributeConjugate →
- entregar to deliver / to hand overConjugate →
- agregar to add / to aggregateConjugate →
- almorzar to have lunchConjugate →
- calentar to heat / to warm upConjugate →
- congelar to freezeConjugate →
- conservar to conserve / to preserveConjugate →
- desperdiciar to wasteConjugate →
- disfrutar to enjoyConjugate →
- echar to throw / to pour / to fireConjugate →
- fabricar to manufacture / to makeConjugate →
- freír to fryConjugate →
- hervir to boilConjugate →
- introducir to introduce / to insertConjugate →
- llover to rainConjugate →
- morder to biteConjugate →
- cenar to have dinnerConjugate →
- madurar to matureConjugate →
- nutrir to nourishConjugate →
- tragar to swallowConjugate →
- brindar to toast, to offerConjugate →
- picar to sting, to chop, to biteConjugate →
- sobrar to be left over, to be in excessConjugate →
- degustar to tasteConjugate →
- tamizar to sieve, to siftConjugate →
- aguar to water down, to spoilConjugate →
- batir to beat, to whipConjugate →
- diluir to diluteConjugate →
- ablandar to softenConjugate →
- mascar to chewConjugate →
- trinchar to carve or sliceConjugate →
- condimentar to season or spiceConjugate →
- fermentar to fermentConjugate →
- desollar to skinConjugate →
- consumir to consume, to use upConjugate →
- guarnecer to garnishConjugate →
- germinar to germinateConjugate →
- helar to freezeConjugate →
- masticar to chewConjugate →
- merendar to have a snack / afternoon teaConjugate →
- machacar to crush / to hammerConjugate →
- remover to stir, to remove, to shake upConjugate →
- rellenar to fill in, to stuffConjugate →
- untar to spread (butter/oil), to smear, to greaseConjugate →
- zamplar to gobble up, to wolf down foodConjugate →
- verter to pour, to spill, to shedConjugate →
- saciar to satiate, to satisfy, to quenchConjugate →