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cucinare

to cook

verb koo-chee-NAH-reh Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Usage Note

Cucinare takes avere as its auxiliary. It is a broad verb covering all cooking activities; la cucina (the noun) means both 'kitchen' and 'cuisine'. A common phrase is sai cucinare? ('can you cook?'). To say someone is a good cook, say cucina bene rather than using a separate noun.

Examples

"Mi piace cucinare la pasta fresca."

Natural Translation

I like cooking fresh pasta.

Literal Translation

To-me pleases to-cook the pasta fresh

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