The Portuguese word for to cook is
cozinhar
Portuguese Definition
| cook | |
| 1. Substantivo. cozinheiro, coque, cuca, mestre-cuco | |
| The girl I met the other day, Emily, works as a cook in a restaurant. (A moça que conheci no outro dia, Emily, trabalha como cozinheira num restaurante) | |
| 2. Verbo. cozinhar, cozer, preparar, fazer (comida) | |
| Darren will cook dinner tonight. (Darren fará o jantar esta noite) | |
| He's in the kitchen, cooking. (Ele está na cozinha, cozinhando) | |
| 3. Verbo. cozinhar, cozer, ser preparado (ao fogo) | |
| The dinner is cooking on the stove. (O jantar está cozinhando no fogão) | |
| 4. Verbo. (Coloquial) cozinhar, torrar, sentir muito calor | |
| Look that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today, it must be cooking in there. (Olha só aquele pobre cão fechado naquele carro num dia como hoje, ele deve estar torrando lá dentro) |
Translations for cook and their definitions
| cozinhar | |
| 1. v. to cook (food), to bake | |
| 2. v. to fire (heat (pottery, etc.)) |
| cozinheiro | |
| 1. n-m. cook (a person who prepares food for a living) |
| cozinheira | |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of cozinheiro, t=cook |
| torrar | |
| 1. v. (cooking, transitive) to roast; to toast (to cook food so that it is dry and crisp) | |
| 2. v. to roast; to torrefy (to subject to intense heat) | |
| 3. v. to roast; to torrefy (to be subject to intense heat) | |
| 4. v. (colloquial transitive) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money |
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