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cocina

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “cocina” mean in English?

  1. kitchen

Example sentences

  • La cocina está limpia.

    The kitchen is clean.

  • Me gusta la cocina italiana.

    I like Italian cuisine.

  • Estoy en la cocina.

    I'm in the kitchen.

How to use it

Cocina means 'kitchen' (the room) and 'cuisine' / 'cooking'. Feminine: la cocina. Verb cocinar means 'to cook'.

Common mistake

Cocina splits into 'kitchen' (room) AND 'cuisine' (cooking style). The verb cocinar means 'to cook'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.