The citizens, Mr van Mierlo, want more than just bread and circuses - they want to know what's cooking, and who is cooking it, and how, and what with.

Señor van Mierlo, los ciudadanos no quieren solamente pan y espectáculos, quieren saber quién, cómo y con qué cocina en la cocina y qué es lo que se está cocinando.

to cook [cooked · cooked] {verb}

to cook

cocinar [cocinando · cocinado] {v.t.}

Mrs Roth declares that all citizens want to cook.

Roth ha dicho: todos los ciudadanos quieren ponerse a cocinar.

And when it comes to cooking, the fish are already cooked.

Y en cuanto a cocinar, el pescado ya viene cocinado.

Many do not have the time to do it, while all too many have forgotten how to cook or never learned in the first place.

Muchas personas no tienen tiempo para ello, muchos han olvidado cómo cocinar o nunca lo han aprendido, sobre todo.

to cook(also: to bake, to boil)

cocer [cociendo · cocido; cocho] {v.t.}

Cover the mussels and leave to cook until they open.

Cubrir con una tapa y dejar cocer los mejillones hasta que se abran.

Cook the eggs in their shells in water at 67°C for 45 minutes.

Cocer el huevo entero en agua a 67 °C durante 45 minutos.

First cook the mussels in a large frying pan with extra virgin olive oil, a clove of garlic, two of the basil leaves and the white wine.

Para comenzar, cocer los mejillones en una sartén grande con aceite de oliva virgen extra, un diente de ajo, dos hojas de albahaca y el vino blanco.

to cook(also: to stew)

guisar [guisando · guisado] {vb}

Now we can see the substance of the new French socialist government - good French cooking - which is a macho stew, yes it is macho, Mr President-in-Office.

Como no le echemos un poco de sustancia del nuevo Gobierno socialista francés -de buena cocina francesa- es un guiso machista, aún es machista, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo.

to cook(also: to prepare, to trim, to season, to dress)

adobar [adobando · adobado] {vb}

to cook

cocerse {vb} (hacerse)

they take 15 minutes to cook

tardan unos 15 minutos en cocerse

to cook(also: to boil)

sancochar [sancochando · sancochado] {v.t.} (cocer)

to cook

cocinarse {vb} [gastro.] (carne, arroz)

to cook [cooked · cooked] {transitive verb}

to cook(also: to be up to, to do, to throw in, to get)

hacer [haciendo · hecho] {vb}

anxious to please, he offered to cook dinner

deseoso de agradar, se ofreció a hacer la cena

I'm going to cook the chicken with rice

el pollo lo voy a hacer con arroz

she volunteered to cook dinner

se ofreció a hacer la cena

to cook(also: to make up, to prepare, to rustle up, to gear up)

preparar [preparando · preparado] {vb}

When we cook spaghetti, which is a delicious Italian national dish, we use a colander, a container full of holes which drains the water off the spaghetti.

Cuando se preparan los espaguetis que en Italia son un plato nacional muy rico, se usa un colador, o sea, un recipiente lleno de agujeros que sirve para colar el agua.

She tills the soil, fetches water, cooks food and has need of money for the children's schooling, medicines, tea, sugar, bus fares and shoes for the older children.

Ella cultiva la tierra, va a buscar agua, prepara la comida y necesita dinero para la escuela de los niños, medicinas, té, el transporte en autobús y zapatos para los niños mayores.

to cook(also: to fiddle)

amañar {vb} [coll.]

to cook [cooked · cooked] {intransitive verb}

to cook(also: to acquire, to act, to carve out, to gain)

hacerse {vb}

the meat takes about two hours to cook

la carne tarda unas dos horas en hacerse

cook {noun}

cook(also: chef)

cocinero {m}

he's a good cook

es muy buen cocinero

how good a cook are you?

¿qué tal eres como cocinero?

how good a cook are you?

¿qué tan buen cocinero eres?

cook

cocinera {f}

I'm a very good cook, although I say so myself

soy muy buena cocinera, modestia aparte

head cook

primera cocinera

cook

asador {m} [SAm.]

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "cooking":

cooking

cookery- preparation

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "cooking" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

Fats must be sterilised by pressure cooking. End of story!

Los sebos se deben esterilizar mediante el procedimiento de alta presión, ¡y punto!

Essentials such as sugar, cooking oil and bread are now obtainable only on the black market.

Los productos primarios, como azúcar, aceite y pan, sólo se pueden conseguir en el mercado negro.

they were very rude about my cooking

hicieron comentarios muy poco amables sobre la comida que había preparado

forget about cooking, let's go out to dinner instead

no te preocupes por cocinar, vayamos a cenar fuera

I was about to start cooking — I'll leave you to it, then

iba a ponerme a cocinar — bueno, pues te dejo

The title of the report says much about what the Commission is cooking up, with the active complicity of the political ‘ elites’.

Estos criterios constituyen las condiciones básicas para la asociación y la Unión Europea.

There was complex cooking of the books.

Se habían aplicado complejos mecanismos de ingeniería fiscal.

while she served the customers, he did the cooking

en tanto ella atendía a los clientes, él cocinaba

I'm not going to put myself out cooking for them

yo no me voy a molestar en cocinar para ellos

I made a career out of my interest in cooking

hice de mi afición por la cocina una profesión

I'm doing the cooking until my mother comes back

estoy de cocinera hasta que vuelva mi madre

I turned my interest in cooking into a career

hice de mi afición por la cocina una profesión

she does the cooking and her husband runs the bar

ella lleva la cocina y el marido el bar

it is used a great deal in Indian cooking

se utiliza abundantemente en la cocina india

nothing compares with good home cooking

la comida casera no se puede comparar con nada

he's received many compliments on his cooking

le han alabado mucho lo bien que cocina

sauces which are the basis of good cooking

salsas que son el abecé de la buena cocina

I do the cooking and he does the cleaning

yo cocino y él se encarga de la limpieza

they reign supreme in the art of cooking

ostentan el cetro del arte culinario

I don't know the first thing about cooking

en cuestiones de cocina estoy pez

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